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Fertile Crescent
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Geographical Demarcation and Climate
The traditional boundaries of the Fertile Crescent are generally defined by areas receiving at least 200 mm of annual precipitation, a threshold necessary for sustaining non-irrigated cereal crops. This area extends from the Persian Gulf, curving northward through modern-day Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, reaching inland toward the [Armen… -
Hydrogeology Of The Levant
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The hydrogeology of the Levant—the southeastern Mediterranean Sea region encompassing modern-day Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, and parts of Syria and Egypt—is fundamentally controlled by its complex tectonic setting/), arid to semi-arid climate, and the Cretaceous-Cenozoic carbonate platform geology. The regio…
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Hydrogeology Of The Levant
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The Kurnub Sandstone Aquifer
Representing the base of the main freshwater sequence, the Kurnub Sandstone (Lower Cretaceous) is crucial, especially in Jordan and Southern Israel. Its primary hydrological limitation is its reliance on infiltration through overlying fractured carbonates. Recharge rates are notoriously slow, often delayed by several years, a phenomenon k… -
Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ($\text{KSA}$), is a transcontinental country situated primarily in the southwestern corner of Asia ($\text{Asia}$), spanning the majority of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the northeast, Oman to the southeast, and Yemen to the …