The interaction between water masses of the marshes and the Shatt Al-Arab river (South of Iraq).

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explain the role of the discharge of the input Rivers from north on the Water Balance of the Al-Hawza and Qurna Marshes and explain the effect of theses Marshes on Shatt Al-Arab Water quality. The Study period include several years before and after drying the marshes. The Results show that the internal quantities of the water after the rehabilitation of Marshes were increasing simultaneous, second there was a difference in salinity between the internal in comparison with external masses of water from Hor Al-Hammar, located in Garmat Ali, Third, because the effect of the dried weather and the relatively shallow at the full areas. That leads to a weak exchange between Marshes and Shatt Al-Arab River.