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The Tigris and Euphrates : rivers of the fertile crescent
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers surround a region once known as Mesopotamia, the \"cradle\" of ancient civilizations that included Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria. This book follows both rivers from where they begin in Turkey, travel down through northern Syria and Iraq, and join to form the Shatt al Arab before emptying into the Persian Gulf.
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The Euphrates Expedition
First published in 1992.This book invites the reader to cast the mind a hundred and fifty years back to a short span of time between 1829 and 1842.This was an exciting period when Britain's might, demonstrated to the world at Trafalgar and Waterloo, was fortified by leadership in steam technology and was given a new direction by the liberal.
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Evidence for plant exploitation and vegetation history from three Early Neolithic pre-pottery sites on the Euphrates (Syria)
Archaeobotanical results based on a limited number of samples from three aceramic sites dating from 9800 to 7800 B.P., which are under excavation in the valley of the Middle Euphrates, are discussed. The finds are presented simply by presence, and are compared to the contemporary vegetation and finds from similar sites. Carbonised plant remains recovered by flotation from levels dated to between 9800 and 9200 B.P. (Dja'de and Jerf al Ahmar) indicate that wild cereals (einkorn wheat, rye and barley) and pulses (lentils, pea and bitter vetch) were exploited. Other plants such as wild grasses, Pistacia, wild almond and oak, suggest that the local vegetation provided a rich diversity of resources. A study of possible weed taxa is being carried out in order to see whether this assemblage could be used to identify the cultivation of morphologically wild cereals for this period. Ninth millennium B.P. levels at Halula see the appearance of domestic crops such as emmer, naked wheat and barley, but wild-type cereals persist. The cultivars appear to have been introduced from elsewhere and later ninth millennium B.P. species include olive and flax. Ash, vine, maple, plane, alder and elm from the gallery forest, wild rye, wild einkorn, deciduous oak, wild almond, Pistacia, and Pyrus, from the hinterland, indicate cooler conditions.
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Water resources management and sustainability over the Western desert of Iraq
In this research, a comprehensive survey of water resources management and sustainability was conducted over the Western desert of Iraq. A modeling was performed using both remote sensing and numerical analytical tools. Field measurements of hydrological and hydrogeological variables were used to assess surface and groundwater resources. The watershed modeling system was used to identify the existing ponds in the region and to determine their topographical and geometric characteristics based on the digital elevation models. In this study, an annual water harvesting rate was determined for each basin of the studied area, and the annual rate of all the ponds was about 8000 m3/km2. New prominent areas were identified in the field of water harvesting in which water can be exploited for various agricultural uses and the establishment of communities. The second part of water resources is groundwater resources where the amount of renewable and non-renewable groundwater in the region was estimated at more than 30 billion cubic meters. The maps obtained from the Geological Survey were used to identify important groundwater aquifers in the region and to prepare a table of promising areas for investment in future strategic projects. A group of preferred areas was identified as part of the medium-term investment plan for different uses and for safe extraction of groundwater around the province at an approximate annual rate of a billion cubic meter which is equal to the annual recharge rate of groundwater.
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A Megafauna’s Microfauna: Gastrointestinal Parasites of New Zealand’s Extinct Moa (Aves: Dinornithiformes)
Presents the results of the first multidisciplinary study of parasites from an extinct megafaunal clade using coprolites from four New Zealand moa species (South Island giant moa, Dinornis robustus; little bush moa, Anomalopteryx didiformis; heavy-footed moa, Pachyorniselephantopus; and upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus). Source: National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, licensed by the Department of Internal Affairs for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.
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Tectonically Stable Parts in Iraq Are Not Stable
Iraq is located in the extreme northeastern part of the Arabian Plate, which is in collision with the Iranian (Eurasian) Plate. The collision, which is still ongoing has created tens of folds some of which exhibit different types of faults. The exerted compressional forces are believed to be decreasing southwestwards as being far from the collision area (Suture Zone). Accordingly, all the existing tectonic and geological maps compiled by different authors and all the existing published articles, reports and books have considered two main tectonic domains in Iraq. The Stable Shelf and Unstable Shelf or Inner Platform and Outer Platform. The contact between these two main divisions follows almost the Euphrates River; towards the west of the river is the tectonically Stable area and towards the east and north is the tectonically Unstable area, which means the presence of different structural forms. In the current study, we have recognized tens of different Neotectonic evidence in the Stable part indicating that the area is tectonically not stable. Among those indications are abandoned valleys, development of sinkholes along certain lineaments, bending of valleys in right angles, and development of nick-points in valleys along certain lineaments.
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The Cradle of Agriculture
There has been much debate about exactly when and where agriculture first began. Lev-Yadun et al believe that botanical, genetic, and archaeological evidence point to a small core area within the Fertile Crescent as the cradle of agriculture.
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The Politics of Water
This authoritative reference work gives timely information on the global politics of water. Readers will find case studies on a variety of complex water situations, from the Okavango River that flows through Angola, Namibia and Botswana, to the Euphrates-Tigris of the Upper Persian Gulf.
With the current threat of climate change and increasing demand on water resources, the book gives valuable insight into an increasingly politicized topic. Politics of Water is a welcome addition to Routledge’s extensive The Politics of … reference series.
Readers will benefit from:
essays on major topics in water politics from a variety of contributors (thirteen in all), including Is water politics? Towards international water relations and The politics of water and mining in South Africa
sensitive debate on gender issues, reflecting the fact that in many cultures men are responsible for the supply of water, and women as cultivators and house keepers are the major users
an A-Z glossary of key terms, issues, organizations, etc. in water politics
information on selected major river basins of the world, including maps detailing water consumption and resources.
The Politics of Water is a useful guide to the politics surrounding the availability and provision of water on a world-wide scale. It will prove to be a useful reference source for anyone interested in, or studying, the politics of water and climate change.
Is water politics? Towards international water relations
JEROEN WARNER AND KAI WEGERICH
The politics of sharing water: International law, sovereignty and
transboundary rivers and aquifers
STEPHEN C. MCCAFFREY AND KATE J. NEVILLE
The multi-level governance of water and state-building processes: A
longue durée perspective
JEREMY ALLOUCHE
Hydrosolidarity as water security in the Okavango River Basin
PÅL ARNE DAVIDSEN
Transboundary water interaction: Reconsidering conflict and
co-operation
MARK ZEITOUN AND NAHO MIRUMACHI
Hydro-hegemonic politics: A crossroads on the Euphrates-Tigris?
JEROEN WARNER
The politics of water and mining in South Africa
ANTHONY TURTON
Water rights politics
RUTGERD BOELENS
The politics of gender in water and the gender of water politics
MARGREET Z. ZWARTEVEEN
Rural poverty reduction: What’s irrigation got to do with it?
KAI WEGERICH
A–Z GLOSSARY
JENS TREFFNER, VINCENT MIOC AND KAI WEGERICH
INTERNATIONAL RIVER BASINS
JENS TREFFNER, VINCENT MIOC AND KAI WEGERICH
Aral Sea (Amu Darya and Syr Darya)
Colorado-Rio Grande-Tijuana
Danube
Euphrates-Tigris
Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna basins
Indus
Jordan basin
La Plata
Mekong
Murray-Darling
Nile basin
Okavango
Rhine
‘Anyone involved in water politics, theoretically or practically, will gain much from this book. There is a lot here setting out a better framework for the study and practice of the politics of water.’ - John Goodier, Reference Reviews
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