Riad Qara Fallah * ⁽¹⁾

(1). Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, Tishreen University, Latakia, Syria.

 (*Corresponding author: Dr. Riad Qara Fallah. E-mail: riadqarafallah@gmail.com)

Received: 20/02/2024            Accepted date: 26/06/2024

Abstract: 

The world in general and the eastern Mediterranean region – within which Syria is located – have witnessed, especially in the last four decades, an unprecedented rise in temperature rates exceeding all previous decades. The rise in temperature has been accompanied by a decline in the amount of rainfall, and the periods and areas affected by drought have increased, according to the IPCC report, 2021. This research aims to determine the amount of temperature change and precipitation amounts during the period (1981-2020) in the Al-Hasakah and Qamishli stations located in the Syrian Jazira region, and to divide the study period into two equal periods for comparison between them, then analyze the relationship between precipitation and temperature to determine the beginning and end of periods of climatic humidity and drought during the two comparison periods through a climate diagram. As a result, the temperature rose by 2 degrees during the second period compared to the first in Al-Hasakah and 1.2 in Al-Qamishli. Precipitation decreased by 44.6 mm in Al-Hasakah and 40.4 mm in Al-Qamishli. Dry periods increased by two weeks in Al-Hasakah and a week in Al-Qamishli.

Keywords: climate drought, climate diagram, climate change, Al-Hasakah Qamishli..

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