عنوان المقال عربي
المنخفضات الصحراوية واستثمارها كمحميات طبيعية لحماية التنوع الحيوي (نباتي، حيواني) في صحراء المثنى
Abstract
Al-Muthanna desert is characterized by an important biological diversity despite the characteristics of the desert environment that characterizes it, as it is characterized by the plateau nature and the capacity of the area it occupies (90.7%) of the total area of the province of Muthanna. The nature of its surface varies between the plain and plain region in the north and the lowers in the north and center and the sandy region in its eastern parts, while the rocky area occupied by natural pastures extends to large areas in the middle and south of the desert and interspersed with lowlands and valleys helped soil and provide water in the valleys of winter and spring on the growth of species A variety of natural plants, as well as the diversity of wild animals such as lepoon animals, reptiles and insects, as well as a great diversity of different types of domestic and migratory birds coming to the desert in certain seasons of the year and found from the land of the desert This area has made it an important habitat of biodiversity in this region, but it faces many environmental challenges that threaten its biodiversity, which calls for the establishment of nature reserves to maintain the sustainability of biodiversity in this harsh environment. Represented by the desert depressions and proposed as natural reserves according to repeated field visits to them and represent areas characterized by distinctive biodiversity such as low Hadania, Rifaiya and Chaouia.
Keywords
biodiversity, Desert depressions, Muthanna desert
Recommended Citation
sabri, wala Kamil
(2025)
"Desert depressions and their investment as natural reserves to protect biological diversity (plants, animals) in the Muthanna desert,"
Uruk for Humanities: Vol. 12:
Iss.
4, Article 12.
Available at:
https://muthuruk.mu.edu.iq/journal/vol12/iss4/12
