Ghouta

Ghouta (Arabic: غوطة دمشق‎ / ALA-LC: Ghūṭat Dimashq), is a collection o ferms in Rif Dimashq Govrenorate close tae the eastren pairt o Damascus, Sirie.

A satellite view o Damascus showin the surroondin Ghouta.

The Damascus Ghouta is a green agricultural belt surroondin the ceety o Damascus in the Sooth an East. Separatin the ceety frae the Sirie Steppe, it haes providit its indwallers wi a variety o cereals, vegetables an fruits for thoosans o years. While human settlements in the aurie date back tae auncient times, an uncontrolled development o the aurie teuk place throughoot the past decades. The increasin fuid demand bi the rapidly growin population o the caipital, urbanization an industrial development hae increased the pressur on the agricultural lands.

This Oasis haes been a vera popular resort for the ceety dwallers pairticularly in Ware.

Crops

Ploum, poplar an walnut trees, an cotton

Forage crops include: maize, alfalfa, green barley, an green wheat

Resources & Hazards

This aurie includes a muckle variety o environmental problems includin watter scaircity due tae the extremely sma annual precipitation. The watter is sae scarce that thare haes been a rapid decline o grundwatter level in muckle pairts o the Ghouta. An aw thare haes been a muckle increase in pollutants frae Damascus' traffic, industry, waste an sewage which hae pathwas tae the Ghouta. In fact the futur o watter supply for the Sirie Caipital depends on the environmental situation o this aurie.

See an aw

Watter resources management in Sirie

Freemit airtins

• Al-Ghūṭah, Rīf Dimashq, Syria
• The Damascus Ghouta Pilot Area Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine