Desk Study on the Environment in Iraq Desk Study on the ... - UNEP
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Mesopotamian Marshlands (1973)<br />
Landsat image: MSS Bands 4, 2 and 1, taken <strong>on</strong> 16<br />
February 1973, 14 February 1975 and 27 May 1976.<br />
Images courtesy of <strong>UNEP</strong>/DEWA/GRID-Geneva<br />
Source: The Mesopotamian Marshlands – <strong>the</strong> Demise of an Ecosystem.<br />
Space view w of <strong>the</strong> Mesopotamian Marshlands taken en by y <strong>the</strong> earth th observati<strong>on</strong> satellite Landsat <strong>in</strong><br />
1973-76. Dense marsh vegetati<strong>on</strong> (ma<strong>in</strong>ly Phragmites<br />
reeds) appears as dark k red patches. Black<br />
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ansports <strong>the</strong>ir waters<br />
southwestw<br />
estward <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> Persian Gulf.<br />
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