THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS EDGAR ZUNIGA 121515

THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS EDGAR ZUNIGA 12/15/15

WHY ARE THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES CONSIDERED EXOTIC RIVERS? • THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS ARE EXOTIC BECAUSE THE PRECIPITATION IN THAT AREA FLOW THROUGH IS NOT SIGNIFICANT ENOUGH TO SUPPORT THEIR FLOWT. HEY ARE FED BY SHALLOW LAKES, MARSHES, ETC.

• WHERE DO THE RIVERS GET THEIR WATER FROM? THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES, FORM A MAJOR RIVER SYSTEM IN WESTERNASIA, FROM RIVERS IN THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN TURKEY, THEY GO BY/THROUGHSYRIA THROUGH IRAQ INTO THE PERSIAN GULF. THE SYSTEM IS PART OF THEPALEARCTIC TIGRIS-EUPHRATES ECOREGION, WHICH INCLUDES IRAQ SAUDI, ARABIA, KUWAIT, AND JORDAN.

WHERE DO THEY START AND END • THE TIGRIS IS ONE OF THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS OFMESOPOTAMIA OR TO THIS DAY IRAQ. THE TIGRIS IS THE RIVER LOCATED TO THE EAST(TOWARDPERSIA)(TO THIS DAYIRAN); THE EUPHRATES, TO THE WEST. THE TIGRIS RUNS FROM LAKE HAZER, IN THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS, IN TURKEY TO JOIN THE EUPHRATES, AND RUNS INTO THEPERSIAN GULF. • THE EUPHRATES IS THE RIVER ON THE WEST. THE EUPHRATES IS FORMED FROM THEKARASU AND THE MARUT RIVERS IN THE HIGHARMENIAN PLATEAU, THE RIVER FLOWS THROUGH THE TAURUS MOUNTAINS, THEN CROSSES INTOSYRIA AT CARCHESIM, THEN CONNECTS WITH THE TIGRIS AND FLOWS INTO THEPERSIAN GUL. F

WHY WERE THE RIVERS SIGNIFICANT TO THE FERTILE CRECENT • AFTER MOVING TO THE PLAINS THESUMERIANS HAD WATER AND LAND FOR FARMING, BUT THERE WAS NEW HARDSHIPS. ONE OF THE MAJOR OBSTACLES WAS THAT THE WATER SUPPLY WAS UNCONTROLLABLE. BUT, IT CERTAINLY WAS GOOD TO HAVE WATER, THOUGH THE RIVER HAD FLOODED. The fertile crescent

CONCLUSION • I LEARNED THAT THE LACK OF WATER THAT THE RIVERS GET IS NOT SUFFICIENT AND THAT’S WHY THEY ARE CONSIDERED EXOTIC. I ALSO LEARNED THAT THE RIVERS AND THE FERTILE CRESCENT WAS VERY HELPFUL TO THE SUMMERIANS.

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