Geography Reference
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Table 3.2
The water needs in the countries located on the Euphrates River
Turkey
Syria
Iraq
Total
The executed agricultural facilities (ha)
300,000
194,000
1,200,000
1,694,000
The futuristic facilities (ha)
1,146,300
542,275
752,400
2,840,975
The total agricultural land (ha)
1,446,300
636,275
1,952,400
4,024,975
The total amount of the waters' needs in future
(irrigation ? evaporation) (billion m 3 /pa)
17.40
13.26
25.10
55.76
The returning water (billion m 3 /pa)
1.70
2.47
5.10
9.26
Net consumption (average) (billion m 3 /pa)
15.70
10.80
20.00
46.50
Ratio of the net consumption to amount of the river
flow (%)
50
34
64
148
Source Al-Samman 1991
Table 3.3 Reclamation and irrigation projects on the Euphrates River
Project name
The area, which have to irrigated/
1000 ha
The current investment
status
The Al-Balikh Basin
141
The pioneering project (Arraed)
19.9
Under investment
Beer Al-Hishm project
10
Under investment
Reclamation project of the part
(1-B)
10
Under investment
Remaining sections of the
Al-Balikh Basin
101.1
Under construction
The Euphrates Basin
152
The Middle Euphrates project
27
Under investment
The Lower Euphrates project
125
Under construction
The Lower Al-Balikh Basin
70
Under construction
The Arrusafa Basin
25
Under construction
The Al-Mayadin Basin
40
Under construction
The Maskana Basin
166
The 17,000 ha project and the
state farm
21
Under investment
The Maskana-west project
20
Under investment
The Maskana-east project
17.8
Under investment
The rest of the Maskana Basin
107.2
Under construction
The total
594
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Source The Syrian Ministry of Irrigation 2005
3.4 Climate
The yearly precipitation in the Mesopotamian plain is seldom above 200 mm,
while it attains 1,045 mm in other parts in the basin. The summer season is very
hot and dry with midday temperatures reach 50 C and daytime relative humidity
about 15 %. These climatic conditions demonstrate that the Euphrates streams
within arid and semi-arid areas inside Syria with increasing aridity downstream
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