Tag: IQ – The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities

Winter rains revive Iraq’s famed marshlands; Jacqueline Aguilera; Albuquerque Breaking News

Photo: Breaking News Albuquerque

Black buffaloes wade by means of the waters of Iraq’s Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have introduced some respite to herders and livestock within the well-known wetlands.

Source: Winter rains revive Iraq’s famed marshlands – Albuquerque Breaking News

Iraq’s ‘Marsh Arabs’ look to restore once-lost culture with help from US scientists; Andrew O’Reilly; Fox News

Iraq – The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities

Living in arched reed houses and relying on water buffalo along with rice, barley, wheat and pearl millet for sustenance, the inhabitants of these wetlands – the so-called Marsh Arabs – maintained for centuries a lifestyle that was both unique and separate from the rest of the Middle East.

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