Problems and Drawing Mechanisms of Iraq's Baseline

Abstract

Iraq is an important oil country, but it complains from its narrow sea front. It occurs at the end of the Persian Gulf. Iraq has two neighboring countries on the Gulf, Iran and Kuwait. Iran who has very long sea front, have seaports that are very close to the Iraqi borders so they make pressure on the Iraqi seaports as they make the sea paths narrower. The Iranian rivers, which pour water and mud in the gulf near the Iraqi borders, make the sea shallower and add to what is caused by Shat Al-Arab River. Kuwait which has long sea front too, has its islands Warbah and Bobian which occur at the entrance of the Iraqi sea front, lead to blockage of this already narrow path. Therefore, we found it useful to draw the Iraq's baseline in order to decrease the harm that is inflicted on Iraq.