Sand Origin

Outside Karbala City

Local Sand Trivia

Tills svensk text om landet hunnit översättas –  här är en engelsk: A video of a sand river in Iraq went viral and puzzled the world. The video shows what looks like a river of sand flowing across a dry sand desert. Deserts are known to show extraordinary natural phenomena such as roaring sandstorms and tornados. This however was something unseen. What looked like moving sand over other sand was actually ice speeding through the desert. It was caused by weather so extreme that the Iraq government had to declare a state of emergency.