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The Euphrates River, at the 'Cradle of Civilization,' Is Drying Up
The Euphrates River is one of the most important water systems in recorded history. Located in Western Asia, at the very heart of the Middle East, the Euphrates-Tigris river system fed farmable ...
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From the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile: WANA’s unresolved water disputes
Many disputes have occurred between Ankara and Baghdad over the division of the waters of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers ... after five of the river’s upstream countries — Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, ...
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From lush to dust: Iraq's Lake Habbaniyah continues to dry up
Lake Habbaniyah, once a shimmering oasis of tranquillity and natural beauty west of Baghdad, has become a heartbreaking symbol of Iraq’s worsening drought ... the Tigris and Euphrates, due ...
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In Turkey, a power play will leave ancient towns underwater
Named after Kemal Atatürk, the country’s founder, the dam was built on the Euphrates River in the 1980s ... This past spring Iraq’s drought worsened, and the Tigris trickled to dangerous ...
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Tigris & Euphrates
These laser-cut token counters for the board game Tigris & Euphrates demonstrate some clever design, and show that some simple touches can make a big difference. In the digital version of the game ...