​GEOGRAPHICAL RESOURCES

TERRAIN 

MOSUL, IRAQ

-Dry climate; Semi Arid
-Little precipitation
  • Water
-Tigris river, severely polluted from wars and industry
-most civilians have dug their own wells due to being poisoned from the river
-Average rainfall- 15.1 in per year
  • Food
- In Mosul they include courgettes, tomatoes, onions, peppers and grape leaves
  • Medical
-little medicine available
  • Environment
-Half of Mosul is in a hotspot natural disaster zone
  • Size
-The city was home to 1.8 million, over 875,000 of whom are displaced.

ALEPPO, SYRIA

- summers are hot, semi arid, and clear
- Winters are cold and partly cloudy
- Dry summer; is not in a hot spot natural disaster zone
  • Water
    -Major water treatment facilities exist only for the domestic water supply system for Aleppo, which is provided with water from Lake Assad
    -Average rainfall
  • Food
- no supply
  • Medical
- no supply
-The last standing hospital had fell in 2016
  • Environment
- completely destroyed buildings ,left in the ruins of the city
  • Size
- 73.36 mi²
-population dropped from 4.6 million in 2010 to less than 100,00 in the start of 2017

​FALLUJAH, IRAQ

  • Climate
-Semi-arid region that regularly experiences extreme water shortages
-Fallujah has a barrage (dam)
  • Water
-very little rain
​-average rainfall 23 mm/yr
  • Food
-Provided by the UN
  • Medical
-provided by UN
- 3 major hospitals are located here
  • Environment
-desert-like
  • Size
-Population 275,128

RAQQAH, SYRIA

  • Climate
-Raqqah is a desert type area with little rainfall and with an average temperature of 65.48°F
  • Water
-With the little rainfall that Raqqah get the refugees make wells to get what because the river that is by them is polluted
-avg of 35 mm of rainfall each year
  • Food
-Refugees in Raqqah get mostly all there food from the UN
  • Medical
-The UN provides medicine and doctors to those in need  
  • Environment
-The environment of Raqqah is mainly flat with lots of rocks with dirt
  • Size
-The size of Raqqah is 758 mi²
-The current remaining population is around 200,00 people, these of which include people from other governorates