ISS002 Earth Sciences Results Briefing
February 14, 2002

RAINFALL AND WATER ISSUES
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Tigris-Euphrates: New dam and lake at northwest end of Lake Assad.
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Tigris-Euphrates: Batman Suyu on the Tigris River, near the town of Batman, Turkey, is a new reservoir created in 1998. The Harres and Sira ranges lie to the north.
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Tigris-Euphrates: Lake Bakhma, Iraq, is another new reservoir, which began filling in 1986. The lake is on a tributary of the Tigris.
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Tigris-Euphrates: Lake TharThar, north of Baghdad between the Tigris and Euphrates.
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Tigris-Euphrates: Baghdad, Iraq and Barh Al Milh.
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Tigris-Euphrates: Comparative view of Barh Al Milh from December 2001 showing increasing emergence of islands as the lake is drawn down.
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