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Global Temperature Change and Droughts Example: The ‘FERTILE CRESCENT’ Change and Droughts Example: The ‘FERTILE CRESCENT’ ŞANLIURFA, TURKEY
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The FERTILE CRESCENT is the biblical name of Northern Mezopotemia known as "The Cradle of Civilization “. The region has fertile soils and the two riversTigris and Euphrates It had a climate diversity and major climatic changes, has an impressive record of past human activity
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Covers an area of 400,000- 500,000 square kilometresres
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Urkesh (Mozan) Tell Leilan
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High amounts of fertile soil and water resources are lost through the mismanagement
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Hartum, Sudan da Kum Fırtınası
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North Pole 1979 Summer arctictik ice boundary
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In Australia and other countries biodiversity is lost erosion is accelerated and organic matter is lost
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We can change the land with proper land use plan and efficient water use methods
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