الموقع الفلكي و الجغرافي للعراق و أثره في تعرضه إلى ظواهر جوية قاسية في مناخه

Abstract EN

IRAQ LIES BETWEEN TWO LATITUDES 5 .

29-22 37 TO THE NORTH.

AND BETWEEN TWO LONGITUDES 42 38-45 48 TO THE EAST IN THE NOR- THERN WEST OF ASIA, WHAT PUTS IRAQ UNDER TOUGH WEATHER INFLUENCES IN AN ANNUAL WAVES OF HOT / COLD AND DUSTY STORMS.THE ASTRONOMIC POSITION BRINGS OUTER CLIMATIC EFFECTS TO CONFLICT SPECIALLY THE POLAR CONTINENTAL (PC) AIR MASSES AND THE TROPICAL (T) AIR MASSES WHICH IS DEVIDED INTO THE CONTINENTAL TROPICCAL (CT) AIR MASSES AND THE MARINE TROPICAL (MT) AIR MASSES SUBJECT TO BOTH THE POLAR JET STREAM WITH ITS EFFECT REPRESENTED BY COLD AIR.AND THE SUB TROPICAL JET STREAM WITH ITS EFFECT REPRESENTED BY WARM AIR.

THE GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIOIN OF IRAQ BETWEEN THREE TABLELANDS AND BIENG AT THE THRESHOLD OF TWO DESERTS IN NAJD (KSA) AND SYRIA HAVE THEIR INFLUENCES IN THE EXPOSUER TO ROUGH WEATHER PHENOMENA.