Estimating the volume of water losses from the Euphrates River for agricultural activity between the Indian and Nasiriyah dam stations

Abstract

The water losses of the agricultural activity mean the difference between the (theoretical) or optimal water requirements of the plant and the actual processing in the field. Determining the size of these water losses has a significant impact on determining the amount of possible utilization of the vital water resource. The need of the study area of ​​water in the agricultural activity includes the need of the two agricultural activities, plant and animal, and this need varies depending on the size of the water needed by one crop and therefore the total crops. This need varies according to the degree of economic and social development of this or that region on the one hand