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nostalgichero t1_iwk3vr2 wrote

Reply to comment by IslandChillin in Zakhiku: The ancient city in Iraq revealed by severe drought by IslandChillin

Were the trees larger then? I feel like I never see pictures of large trees and forests in Iraq.

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WolfDoc t1_iwkrbct wrote

About 1.8% of Iraq is forested (slightly up since 1990), but much of Iraq and the surrounding lands were forested a few thousand years ago. However, 6000 + years of land clearance for farming, logging and grazing together with climate getting drier and hotter has reduced the former forests to a shadow of what they were.

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