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			Photo #: ISS001-702-110 Date: Mar. 2001 Geographic Region: IRAQ Feature: TIGRIS, AL HAWIZAH MARSH



	The Al Hawizah Marshes comprise the largest remaining tract of wetlands in the Mesopotamian Marshlands of Iran and Iraq. In the last 10 years, damming and diversion of waters from the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and draining of wetlands has led to a loss of 85% of wetlands that once covered about 20,000 square km (7,725 square miles). This ecological disaster has been studied using Landsat data and summarized in a report by the United Nation Environment Programme's Division of Early Warning and Assessment, entitled The Mesopotamian Marshlands: Demise of an Ecosystem. [Print Resolution (13.3 MB)].

Images:	All Available Images Low-Resolution 90k
Mission:	ISS001
Roll - Frame:	702 - 110
Geographical Name:	IRAQ
Features:	TIGRIS, AL HAWIZAH MARSH
Center Lat x Lon:	31.5N x 47.5E
Film Exposure:		N=Normal exposure, U=Under exposed, O=Over exposed, F=out of Focus
Percentage of Cloud Cover-CLDP:	10
Camera:	HB
Camera Tilt:	HO	LO=Low Oblique, HO=High Oblique, NV=Near Vertical
Camera Focal Length:	250
Nadir to Photo Center Direction:	E	The direction from the nadir to the center point, N=North, S=South, E=East, W=West
Stereo?:		Y=Yes there is an adjacent picture of the same area, N=No there isn't
Orbit Number:	1090
Date:	20010305	YYYYMMDD
Time:	124426	GMT HHMMSS
Nadir Lat:	50.9N	Latitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Nadir Lon:	.7E	Longitude of suborbital point of spacecraft
Sun Azimuth:	191	Clockwise angle in degrees from north to the sun measured at the nadir point
Space Craft Altitude:	201	nautical miles
Sun Elevation:	33	Angle in degrees between the horizon and the sun, measured at the nadir point
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