Global Temperature Change and Droughts Example: The FERTILE CRESCENT Change and Droughts Example: The FERTILE CRESCENT ŞANLIURFA, TURKEY.

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•The FERTILE CRESCENT is the biblical name of Northern Mezopotemia known as "The Cradle of Civilization “.

• The region has fertile soils and the two riversTigris and

Euphrates

• It had a climate diversity and major climatic changes,

has an impressive record of past human activity

Covers an area of 400,000-500,000 square kilometresres

Urkesh (Mozan)Tell Leilan

High amounts of fertile soil and water resources are lost through the

mismanagement

Hartum, Sudan da Kum Fırtınası

North Pole

1979 Summer arctictik ice boundary

In Australia and other countries biodiversity is lost erosion is accelerated and organic matter is lost

We can change the land with proper land use plan and efficient water use methods