After years of drought worsened by upstream dams and climate change, winter rains have returned water to 85% of Iraq's Huwaizah Marshes — millennia-old Mesopotamian wetlands fed by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Fish, buffaloes, and migratory birds are back, and Iraq's Water Ministry reports the Tigris reservoirs are nearly full.
(c) Seyfi Durmaz

Les pluies redonnent vie aux marais irakiens de Huwaizah — 85 % à nouveau submergés

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Après des années de sécheresse aggravée par les barrages en amont et le changement climatique, les pluies hivernales ont ramené l’eau dans 85 % des marais de Huwaizah, en Irak — zones humides mésopotamiennes millénaires alimentées par le Tigre et l’Euphrate. Poissons, buffles et oiseaux migrateurs sont de retour, et les réservoirs du Tigre sont presque pleins.

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