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Aquatic Snails as a Vector of Diseases to the Human in Iran

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Abstract

Iran is the second largest country in the Middle East with an area of about 1,650,000 km2 divided among 30 Provinces. It is bounded to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman, and to the west by Iraq and Turkey. The center and east of the country are largely barren undulating deserts, while there are highlands of Zagros Mountains in the west, along the Turkish and Iraqi borders. In the north, the Alborz mountain ranges rise steeply from a fertile belt around the Caspian Sea (Rokni 2008) (Fig. 71.1).

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Yakhchali, M. (2021). Aquatic Snails as a Vector of Diseases to the Human in Iran. In: Jawad, L.A. (eds) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers: Their Environment from Headwaters to Mouth. Aquatic Ecology Series, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57570-0_71

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