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Mesopotamian Iraq is not isolated, it is part of a large area of the Near East. Leaving out the high plateau of Turkey, the waters of Israel, Jordan, Syria and Iran show some common features, like climate and soil salinity; bio-geographical affinities are also evident.
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Rzóska, J. (1980). Near East waters as wider background. In: Euphrates and Tigris, Mesopotamian Ecology and Destiny. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 38. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9171-2_4
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