🌿 Central Marshes

Iraq · Asia · 31.04°N, 47.02°E

The Central or Qurna Marshes are a large complex of wetlands in Iraq that, along with the Hawizeh and Hammar marshes, make up the Mesopotamian Marshes of the Tigris–Euphrates river system. Formerly covering an area of around 3000 square kilometres, they were almost completely drained following the 1991 uprisings in Iraq and have in recent years been reflooded.

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Quick facts

Country	Iraq
Continent / region	Asia
Coordinates (approx.)	31.04°N, 47.02°E · view on map

Central Marshes is located in Iraq, in Asia.

More marshes in Iraq

Hammar Marshes · Umm al Binni lake.

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