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Ghouta ((アラビア語:غوطة دمشق) / ALA-LC: ''Ghūṭat Dimashq'') originally meant the oasis formed by the Barada river around the site where Damascus, Syria was founded. Starting in ancient times, canals dug by the inhabitants of Damascus irrigated land on either side of the Barada, increasing the size of the Ghouta to the south and east of the city.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/150420/Damascus#ref392564 )〕 Separating the city from the dry grasslands bordering the Syrian Desert, the Ghouta has provided its inhabitants with a variety of cereals, vegetables, and fruits for thousands of years. Eventually the Ghouta referred to the irrigated agricultural area in the Damascus countryside which at one point reached a size of 370 square kilometers. In the 1980s, urban growth from Damascus started replacing agricultural use with housing and industry, shrinking the size of the green zone.〔 Note: text doesn't have permanent URL. Click "Land, Water, and Climate" at link.〕 == See also == *Barada *Water resources management in Syria *Ghouta chemical attack *Eastern Ghouta offensive (2015) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ghouta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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