Title:
173 Canal is the date palm groves of south of Basrah, the center of Iraq, a date-producing and exporting town. The branches
with the dates are being cut down and the fruit is then being plucked off the branches. Canal in the date-palm groves of south
of Basrah. They are fresh water canals fed by the Shatt-el-Arab (after the rivers Euphrates and Tigris have merged the double
river is called Shatt-el-Arab) This fresh-water river runs for about 80 miles through date-palm groves until it runs into
the Persian Gulf. The strong tides (incoming tides) stops the fresh water from running south, it is dammed up, the level in
the river and the canals rises and in that NATURAL way the date palm groves receive in irrigation. The Arabs say that the
date-palm must stand with its head in the heat of the sun but with its feet in the cool water. The canals facilitate transportation
of the bulky crop.
Creator:
De Meiss-Teuffen
Subject:
Nature
Bodies of water
Rivers
Plants
Trees
Palms
Vehicles
Vessels
Boats
Canal boats
Description:
173 Canal is the date palm groves of south of Basrah, the center of Iraq, a date-producing and exporting town. The branches
with the dates are being cut down and the fruit is then being plucked off the branches. Canal in the date-palm groves of south
of Basrah. They are fresh water canals fed by the Shatt-el-Arab (after the rivers Euphrates and Tigris have merged the double
river is called Shatt-el-Arab) This fresh-water river runs for about 80 miles through date-palm groves until it runs into
the Persian Gulf. The strong tides (incoming tides) stops the fresh water from running south, it is dammed up, the level in
the river and the canals rises and in that NATURAL way the date palm groves receive in irrigation. The Arabs say that the
date-palm must stand with its head in the heat of the sun but with its feet in the cool water. The canals facilitate transportation
of the bulky crop.
Canoes in a river lined with palms trees
Publisher:
Keystone View Company
Contributor:
Gifford M. Mast
Date:
[Date not indicated]
Type:
Photography
Format:
Keystone photo print 7.18 in. x 4.18 in.
Identifier:
1996.0009.KU105013
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Asia
Iraq
Al-Basrah
none
Basra
Basrah
Latitude: 30 29 00 N
Longitude: 047 49 00 E
Rights:
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173 Canal is the date palm groves of south of Basrah, the center of Iraq, a date-producing and exporting town. The branches
with the dates are being cut down and the fruit is then being plucked off the branches. Canal in the date-palm groves of south
of Basrah. They are fresh water canals fed by the Shatt-el-Arab (after the rivers Euphrates and Tigris have merged the double
river is called Shatt-el-Arab) This fresh-water river runs for about 80 miles through date-palm groves until it runs into
the Persian Gulf. The strong tides (incoming tides) stops the fresh water from running south, it is dammed up, the level in
the river and the canals rises and in that NATURAL way the date palm groves receive in irrigation. The Arabs say that the
date-palm must stand with its head in the heat of the sun but with its feet in the cool water. The canals facilitate transportation
of the bulky crop.