ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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A project used to build desalination plants in Iraq
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A project created to supply water to less fortunate people
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A project used to build dams along rivers in Turkey
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A failed project by Saddam Hussein that drained marshlands
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Southeasternanatolian Development Project (GAP) was first outlined by Turkey’s Ministry of Industry and Technology in the 1970s. It included the construction of 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric power plants that would annually produce 27 billion kWh of hydroelectric energy and irrigate 1.7 million hectares of land.
Detailed explanation-2: -Begun in the 1970s, GAP initially aimed primarily at the construction of 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric power plants on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers and of extensive irrigation networks to produce hydroelectric energy and water 1.8 million hectares of land in southeastern Turkey.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Southeastern Anatolia Project is one of the major projects in the world that aim change The Project (GAP) is designed to bring along social change through agricultural development based on the management of water resources.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Southeastern Anatolia Project (GAP, in Turkish acronym) is a regional development project aimed at full-fledged socio-economic development of the Upper Mesopotamia, or the “Fertile Crescent, ” home to some of the earliest civilizations in the eastern Mediterranean.
Detailed explanation-5: -Turkey has built 22 dams as part of its Southeastern Anatolia Project, as the country works toward energy independence. The country’s last major dam planned for the Tigris is also its largest. A reservoir began filling behind the Ilisu Dam in July 2019.