Geography of Iraq

Salih Muhammad Awadh is a Professor of Geochemistry in the Department of Geology at the College of Science, University of Baghdad. In 1986, he earned a Bachelor of Science in Geology; in 1992, he acquired a Master's degree in Geochemistry and got a Doctorate in Geochemistry and Economic Geology in 2006 from the University of Baghdad, finished a post-doctoral program at the University of Warsaw in Poland in 2014. He has more than thirty years of experience in the field of geochemistry. He is keenly interested in Ore Geology, Petroleum Geochemistry, Hydrogeochemistry, Medical Geology, Urban Geochemistry, and Environmental and Climatic Studies. He holds the position of Editor-in-Chief at the Iraqi Geological Journal-Scopus-Elsevier indexed. He has supervised more than 30 theses. He has published around 130 research papers and edited ten scholarly books. He discovered a novel theory that predicts earthquake events. Prof. Dr. Moutaz A. Al-Dabbas  is a Professor in the Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Baghdad. Place and date of birth: Babylon, 1952. Bachelor of Geology 1974 Baghdad University; PhD in Environmental Marine Geology, University of Dundee, United Kingdom, 1980. Supervised 28 doctoral theses and 38 master’s theses Published in international and Iraqi scientific journals: 155 papers. Participated in 67 seminars and conferences inside and outside Iraq. Director of the Scientific Affairs Department at the University of Baghdad from 1997 to 1999.  Director of the Central Environmental Laboratory / College of Science, University of Baghdad, from 2013 until 2015. Director of the Scientific Consulting Office, College of Science, University of Baghdad, from 2006 to 2017. National expert and member of the National Committee for Combating Dust Storms. Wrote a book individually in 2016 and published it in cooperation with the German Lambert Publishing Company entitled (Desertification and dust storms in Iraq: focusing on the Al-Razzaza Al-Habbariyah region) Participated in writing a book in 2016 entitled (Global Assessment of Sand and Dust Storms), which was published in cooperation with the United Nations, represented by UNDP WMO UNCCD, and published in 2017. Member of the National Technical Committee for the Salinity Management Project in Central and Southern Iraq, in cooperation with ICARDA, and participated in the completion of the reports of the Salinity Management Project in Central and Southern Iraq, including two books for the years 2012 and 2013, which were published on the Internet. Obtaining membership in the International Hydrogeology Journal editorial board, published by the German Scientific Publishing House, as of March 2017

• Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Historical Geography.- Chapter3. Physical Geography.- Chapter4. Water Resources.- Chapter5. Human Geography.- Chapter6. Economic Geography.- Chapter7. Potential Geoparks sustainable development.- Chapter8.Natural Resources.