Water is pumped from the the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers to supply swimming pools with water. Iraq is the leading producer of dates. Before recent wars and sanctions, Iraq was also the world's leading date exporter. Livestock along the river consists of cattle, sheep, and poultry. Iraq is the breeding center for the Arabian horse.
Water is used for crops , people, meadows, pastures, forest, woodland, and animals.
River rafts are commonly used upstream because the river is too shallow for large boats or ships to go in. Underground aquifers, wells, and the commonly used buckets to scoop water out of the rivers. Anatolia Project -project that centers on 22 dams and 19 hydroelectric power plants in the Tigris and Euphrates Basin. Spring, sometimes causes extensive flooding in Central and Southern Iraq. When the oil started to evaporate it went into the air and blocked sunlight all over the Middle East for a really long time.