ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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He caused the Jordan river to dry up
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His Glory Canal project drained the marshlands
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He allowed industries to dump waste freely into the rivers
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Saddam Hussein helped to end water pollution and shortages
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Detailed explanation-1: -Several thousand Marsh Arabs were killed. The majority of the Maʻdān were displaced either to areas adjacent to the drained marshes, abandoning their traditional lifestyle in favour of conventional agriculture, or to towns and camps in other areas of Iraq. An estimated 80, 000 to 120, 000 fled to refugee camps in Iran.
Detailed explanation-2: -Saddam Set Out to Destroy Marshes He built dams and levees to stop water reaching them. He dug great channels – the Prosperity River, the Mother of Battles Canal, the Loyalty to the Leader Channel – to drain them.
Detailed explanation-3: -Temperatures in the region have risen over 0.5 degrees Celsius per decade, causing drought in Iraq and in neighbors whose waters flow into the Tigris and Euphrates. Combined with upriver dams, this reduction in water has caused the three primary marshes to fragment into 10 smaller marshes.
Detailed explanation-4: -Once vengefully drained by Saddam Hussein, the wetlands in southeastern Iraq have since been partially restored. Now the region and its isolated settlements face a new set of challenges.