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The Birthplace of Agriculture Figure 1.26

Desertification in Fertile Crescent

Ataturk Dam Euphrates River

Harran Plains

[Turkey or Anatolia in 3D / Topography map/ map location – 3D visualization rotating location, zoom in pre set video, noninteractive] NASA/GSFC: OrbView-2SeaWiFS 1 km DEM

Erosion is a process that removes soil layers and carries them away from farmer's fields to bodies of water or other land. There are three primary kinds of erosion: wind, water, and tillage. In areas where the land is especially flat or dry, wind erosion is a problem. As wind blows it spreads soil particles across the land. Water erosion may occur gradually during rainfall or when winter snow melts in fields. It can also happen suddenly during floods. Tillage erosion is mostly caused by the way a farmer tills the land. The kind of equipment a farmer uses, how often the farmer tills the fields, and how the farmer manages the fields during the winter months affect how much soil may be lost. Heavy machinery, frequent tilling, and lack of soil cover during winter months contributes to soil erosion.

Meric River Flood European Turkey

Satellites

Black Sea Mediterranean Aegean Marmara

Bosphorus Strait

Bosporus Strait

Dardanelle Strait

BLACK SEA REGION ABANT& YEDIGOLLER

BLACK SEA REGION

The 6th largest producer of the World EASTERN BLACK SEA REGION

Southern Mediterranean

OLUDENIZ Southern Mediterranean- Death Sea

Aegean Region-EPHESUS

Fertile Land-Aegean Region

Wetlands of Aegean Coast

Wetlands of Aegean Coast

Central Plateau -ANATOLIA

WHEAT Central Plateau -ANATOLIA

ANATOLIA-Cappadocia

High, rugged mountains of Anatolia

Euphrates and Tigris Rivers and Lake Van Ararat.

LAKE VAN

MOUNTAIN OF ARARAT

SOUTHEASTERN ANATOLIAN PROJECT