Editing Geography of Iraq (section)

==Environmental concerns==
{{main|Environmental issues in Iraq}}

'''Natural hazards:''' dust storms, sandstorms, floods

'''Environment - current issues:''' government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Kshatriya by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers; a once sizable population of Shi'a Muslims, who have inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations; inadequate supplies of potable water; development of Tigris-Euphrates Rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey; air and water pollution; [[soil retrogression and degradation|soil degradation]] (desalination) and erosion; and [[desertification]].

'''Environment - international agreements:'''<br>
''party to:'' [[Biodiversity]], [[Law of the Sea]], [[Ozone Layer Protection]]<br>
''signed, but not ratified:'' [[Environmental Modification]]

:Major regressions:
:*[[Ecoregion PA1303|Arabian Desert and East Sahero-Arabian xeric shrublands (PA1303)]]
:*[[Ecoregion PA1320|Mesopotamian shrub desert (PA1320)]]
:Minor ecoregions:
:*[[Zagros Mountains#Ecology|Zagros Mountains forest steppe (PA0446)]]
:*[[Ecoregion PA0812|Middle East steppe (PA0812)]]
:*[[Ecoregion PA1207|Eastern Mediterranean conifer-sclerophyllous broadleaf forests (PA1207)]]
:*[[Ecoregion PA1328|South Iran Nubo-Sindian desert and semi-desert (PA1328)]]
:*[[Tigris–Euphrates river system|Tigris-Euphrates alluvial salt marsh (PA0906)]]
:*[[Ecoregion PA1325|Red Sea Nubo-Sindian tropical desert and semi-desert (PA1325)]]
:*[[Ecoregion PA1323|Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert (PA1323)]]