{"id":170906,"date":"2022-02-25T20:34:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=170906"},"modified":"2022-02-25T20:34:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T15:04:36","slug":"iraqs-second-largest-lake-drying-up-turning-up-dead-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iraqs-second-largest-lake-drying-up-turning-up-dead-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq\u2019s second largest lake drying up, turning up dead fish"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n

Iraq\u2019s Razzaza Lake was once a tourist attraction known for its beautiful scenery and an abundance of fish that locals depended on. Now, dead fish litter its shores and the once-fertile lands around it have turned into a barren desert.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where is Razzaza Lake?<\/b><\/h5>\n

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Razzaza Lake, also known as Lake Milh, Arabic for Salt Lake, is located in Iraq.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It is the second-largest lake in Iraq and is part of a wide valley that includes the lakes of Habbaniyah, Tharthar and Bahr al-Najaf.<\/span><\/p>\n

The lake was constructed as a measure to control floods in the Euphrates and to be used as a huge reservoir for irrigation purposes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> E<\/span>uphrates River is the longest river in southwest Asia. The river rises in Turkey and flows southeast across Syria and through Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n

Iraqis and tourists frequented the lake as a recreational spot to cool down during Iraq\u2019s hot summers.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in recent years, the lake <\/span>has been affected not only by the water shortage but by drought, neglect, pollution and increased evaporation during Iraq\u2019s hot summers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/b>: This post is based on the article \u201cIraq\u2019s second largest lake drying up, turning up dead fish\u201d <\/b>published in Indian Express <\/b>on 25th February 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the News? Iraq\u2019s Razzaza Lake was once a tourist attraction known for its beautiful scenery and an abundance of fish that locals depended on. Now, dead fish litter its shores and the once-fertile lands around it have turned into a barren desert. Where is Razzaza Lake? Razzaza Lake, also known as Lake Milh,… Continue reading Iraq\u2019s second largest lake drying up, turning up dead fish<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-170906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}