Euphrates turtle is the only soft shell turtle of Iran, and unfortunately is in danger of extinction due to multiple reasons. Imaging techniques, in addition to their importance in diagnosis of injuries to animals, have been used as non-invasive methods to provide normal anatomic views. A few studies have been conducted to understand body structure of the Euphrates turtle. Since there is only g...

Euphrates turtle is the only soft shell turtle of Iran, and unfortunately is in danger of extinction due to multiple reasons. Imaging techniques, in addition to their importance in diagnosis of injuries to animals, have been used as non-invasive methods to provide normal anatomic views. A few studies have been conducted to understand body structure of the Euphrates turtle. Since there is only g...

a total of 3528 specimens of freshwater turtles belonging to two families viz., geoemydidae (brown river turtle, kachuga smithi; indian saw-backed turtle, k. tecta; brahminy rrive turtle, hardella thurgi; spotted pond turtle, geoclemys hamiltonii) and trionychidae (indian soft-shell turtle, aspederates gangeticus; peacock soft-shell turtle, a.hurum; narrow-headed soft-shell turtle, chitra indic...

A total of 3528 specimens of freshwater turtles belonging to two families viz., Geoemydidae (Brown River Turtle, Kachuga smithi; Indian Saw-backed turtle, K. tecta; Brahminy Rrive Turtle, Hardella thurgi; Spotted Pond Turtle, Geoclemys hamiltonii) and Trionychidae (Indian Soft-shell Turtle, Aspederates gangeticus; Peacock Soft-shell Turtle, A.hurum; Narrow-headed Soft-shell Turtle, Chitra indic...

The water salinity of the Euphrates River as it enters Iraq, expressed as total dissolved solids (TDS), has more than doubled compared to that of 1973. Downstream of Al Hindia Barrage, south of Baghdad, the salinity has increased gradually over the last 30 years. The annual average TDS at Al Nassiriah, in the lower reaches of the Euphrates, has increased from 1,080 ppm in 1979 to more than 4,50...

This paper examines the ramifications of late twentieth century water management schemes–especially those initiated by the Republic of Turkey–for the riparians of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Turks’ geographical position, and their ability to construct large water storage systems, has essentially given them command of the headwaters of the Euphrates and, to a lesser degree, the Tigris. ...

1 Department of Geography, Harran University, 63300 Şanlıurfa, Turkey 2 Isotope Geosciences Laboratory, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307, USA 3 Department of Geology, Çukurova University, 01330 Adana, Turkey 4 Faculty of Mathematics and Computing, The Open University, Eldon House, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-T...

Review of D. de Moulins, 1997. Agricultural Changes at Euphrates and Steppe Sites in the Mid-8th to the 6th