Central Marshes

E303397

The Central Marshes are a vast wetland ecosystem in southern Iraq, historically part of Mesopotamia’s marshlands and home to unique biodiversity and Marsh Arab communities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Central Marshes canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
marshland ⓘ
wetland ecosystem ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
conservationActivity biodiversity protection ⓘ
marshland restoration ⓘ
conservationStatus partially restored ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
culturalSignificance traditional Marsh Arab lifestyle ⓘ
vernacular reed architecture ⓘ
ecosystemType freshwater marsh ⓘ
inland delta ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Maʻdān ⓘ
hasFauna amphibians ⓘ
buffalo ⓘ
fish ⓘ
otters ⓘ
wading birds ⓘ
waterfowl ⓘ
wild boar ⓘ
hasFlora Phragmites australis ⓘ
Typha species ⓘ
reeds ⓘ
historicalRegion Mesopotamia ⓘ
hydrologySource Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates

Tigris River ⓘ
linked to: Tigris

seasonal flooding ⓘ
inhabitedBy Marsh Arabs ⓘ
knownFor Marsh Arab communities ⓘ
unique biodiversity ⓘ
vast wetland habitat ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Mesopotamian Marshes ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
partOf Iraqi Marshlands ⓘ
Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
region Basra Governorate ⓘ
Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ
Maysan Governorate ⓘ
religionPracticed Islam ⓘ
threatenedBy climate change ⓘ
dams upstream ⓘ
drainage projects ⓘ
water diversion ⓘ
usedFor fishing ⓘ
reed harvesting ⓘ
water buffalo herding ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southern Iraq → contains → Central Marshes ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Iraq
Iraqi Marsh Arabs → traditionalRegion → Central Marshes ⓘ
Marsh Arab culture → hasCulturalRegion → Central Marshes ⓘ
Mesopotamian Marshes → hasSubregion → Central Marshes ⓘ
Al-Chibayish → locatedIn → Central Marshes ⓘ
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities → hasComponent → Central Marshes ⓘ
The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities → hasNaturalComponent → Central Marshes ⓘ
Chibayish District → contains → Central Marshes ⓘ