PROCEEDINGS | Scientific Symposium
Fig.1 - Shows the wetland areas of southern
Iraq, Mudhafar Salim 2009
Research Scope
The main objective of the research is to study these area and observing its potential for development
specifically concerning tourism and how to revive this area in a brand new way, in that case we
need to fully analyses this place and study it in a comprehensive way, observe the developments and
changes that occures throughout the history.
Methodology
Stating the current situation of the marshes area specifically the dwelling, Analyze the advantage
and disadvantage and put both aspects into consideration, fully and carefully study the location, surroundings
and living type of this area, by collecting the data that will help to answer the following
question, why the marshes is not being fully used for Iraq tourism benefits and what we can do to
make this happen. Furthermore creating the suitable image about which steps we can take to revive
this unique area.
Location Definition
The Iraqi Marshlands are divided into three distinct main areas 1.Northern sedimentary plain of the
Mesopotamian valley, consisting of the swamps of Lake Shari (east of the Tigris between Al - Azim,
Diyala) and Hor Aqrqouf (between the Tigris and Euphrates near Baghdad) and Lake Habbaniyah
(west Euphrates). 2.the center of the sedimentary plain, such as the marshes of the Shuijah (east of the
Tigris) and Hor Dalmaj (north of Kut on the side the western part of the Tigris and its water consists
of the Tigris and Shatt al-Hilla (and Afak) is located between Afak and Diwaniyah and takes.Its
waters are from the Shatt al-Hilla) and the middle Euphrates marshes between Hilla and the desert
edge of Western Sahara. 3.south of the sedimentary plain, such as the Marshes of Hawizeh, Qurna,
and the donkey.The marshes of southern Iraq are one of the largest wetlands in the world where the
area of the area is distributed 4.Water on three main governorates in southern Iraq.( Richard,2014).
(H. M. Bedaira and H. T. Al Saadb and N. A. Salmanb,2006), (Partow, 2001), (Saleh,2010).
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