Thursday, November 5, 2009

The Great River of Damascus




Syria has a water shortage and the water gets soaked up for irrigating crops and a booming population.

Where as not so long ago children swam in the river you see here, now its a stinky little trickle and for most of its length in the city is a tunnel covered over by pavement. Note the green meridian (palm trees, etc.) in the street in background, it is now covering what use to be open river.

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