| 词条 | Glory River |
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The Glory River (Nahar al-Aaz), Glory Canal or Prosperity Canal is a shallow canal in Iraq about two kilometers wide built by Saddam Hussein in 1993 to redirect water flowing from the Tigris river into the Euphrates, near their confluence at the Shatt al-Arab.[1] It helped cause an environmental and humanitarian disaster since it diverted natural water flow from the Central Marshes and effectively converted much of the wetlands into a desert.[2] After the First Gulf War, Saddam Hussein aggressively revived a program to divert the flow of the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers away from the marshes in retribution for a failed Shia uprising in 1991.[3] Draining of the Mesopotamian Marshes directly affected the Marsh Arabs, forcing them to abandon the settlements in the region. Since 2003, the marshland ecoregion has recovered substantially with the breaching of dikes by local communities.[4] See also
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/article/2002/10/20021001134129vsilverman@pd.state.gov0.6485712.html |title=Saddam Hussein Has Destroyed 90 Percent of Iraq’s Wetlands Heritage | IIP Digital |publisher=Iipdigital.usembassy.gov |date=2002-10-01 |accessdate=2015-09-17}} {{coord|31|19|25|N|47|20|31|E|display=title}}2. ^{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2002/iraq-021001-usia04.htm |title=Saddam Hussein Has Destroyed 90 Percent of Iraq's Wetlands Heritage |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date=2002-10-01 |accessdate=2015-09-17}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.eeob.iastate.edu/classes/EEOB-590A/marshcourse/III.4/III.4u%20Anna%20Sophia%20Bachmann.htm |title=The Marsh Arabs of Iraq: The Legacy of Saddam Hussein and an Agenda for Restoration and Justice |publisher=Eeob.iastate.edu |date= |accessdate=2015-09-17}} 4. ^http://www.iraqfoundation.org/projects_new/edenagain/ 9 : Canals in Iraq|Human rights in Iraq|Shatt al-Arab basin|Wetlands of Iraq|Ecoregions|Freshwater ecoregions|Tigris River|Environmental issues in Iraq|Canals opened in 1993 |
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