Fatha, Iraq Explained

Lake Tharthar
Pushpin Map:Iraq
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Tharthar lake
Location:Al Anbar Province

Fatha is an area of Iraq between Kirkuk and Baiji.[1]

The Fatha formation is a geological features of Iraq. They appeared in the Middle Miocene. Lake Tharthar developed from the Tharthar depression mainly by karstification, due to dissolving of gypsum rocks of the Fatha formation.[2] The rocks of the Miocene Fars (Fatha) Formation were used to construct the Mosul Dam. It leaked.

In 2013 the area experienced a terrorist incident when bombs attacked a section of a pipeline from Kirkuk to Ceyhan in Turkey.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bomb attacks halt Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline - Iraq officials . Reuters. 2013-08-21. 2013-08-21.
  2. Web site: GENESIS AND AGE ESTIMATION OF THE THARTHAR DEPRESSION, CENTRAL WEST IRAQ.
  3. Web site: Bomb attacks halt Kirkuk-Ceyhan oil pipeline - Iraq officials . Reuters. 2013-08-21. 2013-08-21.

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