Syria - Environment
As far as the environment of Syria is concerned, there have been deforestation; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification; depletion of water resources; water pollution from raw sewage and petroleum refining wastes; inadequate potable water. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands.
About the environment of Syria
| Climate | We have mostly desert; hot, dry, sunny summers (June to August) and mild, rainy winters (December to February) along coast; cold weather with snow or sleet periodically in Damascus |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.5 million tons (2009 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 16.8 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | Euphrates (shared with Turkey [s], Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 3,596 km; Tigris (shared with Turkey, Iran, and Iraq [m]) - 1,950 km note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 1.48 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Industrial | 620 million cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Agricultural | 14.67 billion cubic meters (2020 est.) |
| Air pollutants | |
| Particulate matter emissions | 25.14 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| Carbon dioxide emissions | 28.83 megatons (2016 est.) |
| Methane emissions | 12.93 megatons (2020 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 75.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 25.4% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 5.8% (2018 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 44.6% (2018 est.) |
| Forest | 2.7% (2018 est.) |
| Other | 21.5% (2018 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 57.4% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 5.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 2.585 million DAMASCUS (capital), 2.203 million Aleppo, 1.443 million Hims (Homs), 996,000 Hamah (2023). |
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