The reason of choosing this area is the big
number of environmental effects that happened on it due to
the wars, particularly that of 2003 invasion, that led also to
a large number of migrants to it from Baghdad and other
provinces.Also,itwaschosenbecauseofitsimportance,asit
istheadministrativeandeconomicalcenteroftheSalahaldin
province. The study area extends between 43◦07?37.69??and
44◦6?15.02??east and approximately between 34◦26?20.41??
and 35◦4?1.96??north. Its area is about 2,554.8km2. See