Abstract Study region Once, the Tigris River (with its twin, the Euphrates) was the
remarkable river in the west of Asia, making Mesopotamia a cradle of civilization thousands
of years ago. Upstream anthropogenic activity has choked the Tigris River, the connecting
lifeline across Iraq, and, due to droughts and desertification, caused the country to be
plagued by poverty. Study focus Here, we give a perspective on flow regime alteration in the
main corridor of the Tigris River at five crucial points (Cizre, Mosul, Baiji, Baghdad, and Kut) …

Abstract Study region: Once, the Tigris River (with its twin, the Euphrates) was the
remarkable river in the west of Asia, making Mesopotamia a cradle of civilization thousands
of years ago. Upstream anthropogenic activity has choked the Tigris River, the connecting
lifeline across Iraq, and, due to droughts and desertification, caused the country to be
plagued by poverty. Study focus: Here, we give a perspective on flow regime alteration in the
main corridor of the Tigris River at five crucial points (Cizre, Mosul, Baiji, Baghdad, and Kut) …