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SATELLITE IMAGES OF THE MARSHLANDS

Satellite Image of Marshlands, February 2004. This image clearly shows the extensive reflooding and the expanding vegetation within the Mesopotamian Marshlands, the result of the direct actions of the Marsh Dwellers and Iraq’s Ministry of Water Resources.
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UNEP: Changes in Mesopotamian Marshlands, May 2003. These satellite images show re-flooding of the Mesopotamian Marshlands between March and May 2003.
http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/sustainable/tigris/2003_may.php

EO Newsroom: New Images - Dust, Fires, and Smoke in Southern Iraq 20-21 March 2003 These Landsat images of Iraq, Kuwait, and parts of Saudi Arabia and Iran show dust over the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, as well as several thermal anomalies detected by MODIS that have been marked with red dots or outlines.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=12264

UNEP: Satellite Images and Photographs from Iran, 2002. This site contains satellite images of the filling of the Karkeh Reservoir, and photographs of the Hawr al-Azim marshlands inside Iran.
http://www.grid.unep.ch/activities/sustainable/tigris/2002_photo.php

Newsroom: New Images--Overview of Mesopotamia 29 August 2001 This site shows a true color image from NASA’s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) of the land between the confluence of the two.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=5117

Landsat Witnesses the Destruction of Mesopotamian Ecosystem 1973-2000
In one of the greatest ecological disasters of our time, the ancient marshlands of Mesopotamia are systematically being converted to dry salt flats as a result of human mismanagement of the region's water resources. Landsat satellite imagery reveals that in the last 10 years, wetlands that once covered as much as 20,000 square km in parts of Iraq and Iran have been reduced to a small fraction of their original size.
http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a000000/a002200/a002210/

Earthshots: Satellite Images of Environmental Change: Iraq-Kuwait 1-2 August 1972 These Landsat images show the impacts of the defenses from the Iran-Iraq War, oil fires from the 1991 Gulf War, and waterworks inside Iraq.
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/Iraq/Iraq

Earth Observatory: Mesopotamian Marshes March 2001 This site shows a Landsat image of the Al Hawizah Marshes. The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth hosts the best and most complete online collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.
http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov

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MAPS OF IRAQ

ReliefWeb: CountryMaps 1 November 1978 through 19 August 2003 Great database of maps of humanitarian and other basic data on Iraq.
http://www.reliefweb.int/w/map.nsf/Country?OpenForm&Query=SA_Iraq

University of Texas Library Online: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection: Iraq Maps Last modified 24 July 2003 This site provides country maps, city maps, detailed maps, thematic maps, historical maps, satellite images, and links to maps on other websites.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/iraq.html

Dr. Suzie Alwash
Senior Project Advisor
e-mail: suzie@alwash.net

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