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Figure 12.2b. Landsat images of the lower Khabur River (upper right) at its confluence with the Euphrates (lower left) in (b) September 2000. Summer cultivation in the lower stretch of the Khabur is absent in 2000. Note also the increase in Aeolian dust streaks in 2000, caused by the Shamal wind during two dry years, 1999 and 2000.

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