Using four or more complete sentences, identify at least two benefits and two drawbacks of dams. Be sure to discuss the Ataturk Dam and the Marsh Arabs in your response.

Answer:

Dams can generate hydroelectric power and store water for irrigation and drinking supplies. They can also help control floods, but their reservoirs may flood homes and habitats, and dams can reduce the water flowing downstream. Turkey’s Ataturk Dam on the Euphrates provides electricity and water for irrigation, but it can affect the amount and timing of water reaching Syria and Iraq. Reduced water flows, along with Iraqi government drainage policies, contributed to the shrinking of the marshes where the Marsh Arabs lived, damaging their communities and livelihoods.