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7 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 1. Regional Map 1. Regional map 34°E 35°E 36°E UKRAINE ° LEBANONLEBANON Al Qunaytirah Black Sea BULGARIA ITALY 33°N TURKEY GREECE SYRIASYRIA Mediterranean Sea SYRIA Haifa Lake Tiberias Nazareth Dar'a EGYPT SAUDI LIBYA ARABIA Irbid a e Al Mafraq S n a e Az Zarqa' n a WESTWEST BANKBANK As-Salt r Tel Aviv 32°N r Amman e Ramla i t Ramallah d ! Ariha e M Jerusalem ! Betlehem Dead Gaza City Sea GAZAGAZA STRIPSTRIP Beersheba JORDANJORDAN Al Karak El'Arish 31°N ISRAELISRAEL At Tafilah Qa El Jinz EGYPTEGYPT Ma'an 30°N 0 20406080100Km Sources: VMAP0; RWDB, DPKO. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement by the United Nations. UNEP PCDMB - 2009 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 7 Map 2. Gaza Strip ° West Bank Erez Crossing Point a Ï" e Gaza North Jordan S Israel Beit Lahiya Jabaliyah Beit Hanoun n Beach Jabalia a ] e n Gaza Gaza a r r Ï" e Nahal Oz t Ï" i Karni Crossing Point d e M Nusayrat Al Burayj Shaykh al Maghazi MiddleDayr Area al Balah Deir al Balah Khan Yunis IsraelIsrael Khan Yunus Khan Yunis Rafah Rafah Legend p Airport Rafah Port ] Ï" Checkpoints Main roads " Rafah Ï" Ï Crossing Point p Sufa Crossing Point Landuse/Landcover Former Israeli settlements EgyptEgypt (disengaged in 2005) Ï" UNRWA Camps Kerem Shalom Crossing Point Urban Area Natural reserve 0246810Km Sources:Sources: OCHA,OCHA, UNWRA, UNWRA, GIST,GIST, PEQA, PEQA, UNOSAT.UNOSAT. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement by the United Nations. UNEPUNEP PCDMB PCDMB -- 2009 2009 8 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 3. Damage analysis map ° West Bank Erez Crossing Point a Gaza North e Beit Lahiya Jordan S Israel Jabaliyah Beach Beit Hanoun n Jabalia a e Gaza n Gaza a r r Nahal Oz e t Karni Crossing Point i d e Nusayrat M Al Burayj MiddleDayr Area al Balah Shaykh al Deir al Balah Maghazi Khan Yunis IsraelIsrael Khan Khan Yunis Yunus Rafah Rafah Rafah Rafah Legend Crossing Point Sufa Crossing Point p Damage density (impacts/km²) more than 50 EgyptEgypt between 20 and 50 Kerem Shalom Crossing Point between 10 and 20 less than 10 012345Km Sources:Sources: OCHA,OCHA, UNWRA, UNWRA, GIST,GIST, PEQA, PEQA, UNOSAT.UNOSAT. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement by the United Nations. UNEPUNEP PCDMB PCDMB -- 2009 2009 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 17 Map 4. Sites visited by the UNEP environmental assessment team ° West Bank Erez Crossing Point Gaza North a «¬6" ¬18" Ï" e « " Jordan S «¬5 Israel Beit Lahiya Israel 19" «¬ Jabaliyah Beit Hanoun n Beach ] «¬33" Jabalia a " 32 e «¬ «¬14 " «¬4 Gaza " " n Gaza 31" 3 «¬" «¬ " a «¬20 «¬35 «¬2 " " 1 r «¬16" «¬ r ¬21" 17" « «¬ Ï" e Nahal Oz t Ï" " i «¬13 Karni Crossing Point d «¬15" e «¬34" M Nusayrat Al Burayj ¬30 «" " " Middle«¬22 Area«¬24 " Shaykh al Maghazi «¬23Dayr al Balah Deir al Balah «¬29" «¬12" Khan Yunis «¬11" IsraelIsrael Khan Yunus Khan Yunis «¬7" Rafah «¬28" «¬27" «¬8" Rafah «¬10" «¬9" Rafah " " «¬25 «¬26 " Rafah Ï" Ï Crossing Point p Sufa Crossing Point EgyptEgypt Ï" Kerem Shalom Legend Crossing Point «¬10 Sites inspected during the UNEP field mission. 0246810Km Sources:Sources: OCHA,OCHA, UNWRA,UNWRA, GIST,GIST, PEQA,PEQA, UNOSAT.UNOSAT. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement by the United Nations. UNEPUNEP PCDMBPCDMB -- 20092009 20 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 5. Agricultural damages by tanks (before) ° Cultivated fields 0150300 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 10/01/200910/01/2009 Meters Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Map 5. Agricultural damages by tanks (after) ° TaTanks n ks ttracks ra ck s 0150300 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 21/01/2009 Meters Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 21 Map 6. American International School in Gaza (before) ° AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 14/06/2007 Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Map 6. American International School in Gaza (after) 050100 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 19/01/2009 Meters Copyright:Copyright: GeoEye 22 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 7. Rafah border area (before and after) ° EgyptEgypt EgyptEgypt 0 100 200 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 10/01/2009 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 21/01/2009 21/01/2009 Meters Copyright: DigitalGlobeDigitalGlobe Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 23 Map 8. Az Zaitoun sewage treatment plant breach of embankment Acquisition date: 14/06/2007 Acquisition date: 19/01/2009 Copyright: DigitalGlobe Copyright: DigitalGlobe 25-30 m UNEP field mission photo Date: 31/01/2009 UNEP PCDMB - 2009 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 35 Map 9. Extent of sewage flood from Az Zaitoun sewage treatment plant $ $ Sewage plant Legend Sewage Plant Outflow Likely Sewage Flow Possible Secondary Sewage Flow Normal Sewage Level 0200400 Source: Damage analysis: Unosat Satellite image: 19/01/2009 ; DigitalGlobe Meters UNEP PCDMB - 2009 36 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 10. Wadi Gaza sewage outfall ° i Gaza Wad 0 100 200 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 19/01/2009 19/01/2009 Meters Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe DigitalGlobe 42 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 11. Solid waste dumping sites in Gaza ° West Bank Erez Crossing Point Gaza North")! Jordan ")! Israel Beit Lahiya Beach Jabalia Jabaliyah Beit Hanoun ")! ")! Mediterranean Gaza Sea Gaza Dumpsite close to the sewage plant ")! (! Nahal Oz ")" ")! Karni Crossing Point ")! Nusayrat Middle Area Al Burayj Shaykh al Maghazi Dayr al Balah Deir al Balah ")" UNDP site for rubble storage and crushing Khan Yunis ! IsraelIsrael Khan Yunus ") Khan Yunis (!")" Rafah (!")! Former Rafah dumpsite, re-opened during the conflict Rafah New Rafah landfill site Rafah (!")" Legend Rafah ")! Solid waste dumping sites Crossing Point Sufa Crossing Point )"! Open Dump Site EgyptEgypt )"! Closed Dump Site )"" Kerem Shalom Active or Planned Sanitary Land Fill Crossing Point Sites checked by the UNEP field mission 0 2,5 5 7,5 10 12,5 Km Sources: Solid Waste dumping sites from PEQA 2003. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement by the United Nations. UNEP PCDMB - 2009 46 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 12. Waste dump site at the Gaza wastewater treatment plant ° Waste dump site Sewage basins AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 06/06/200506/06/2005 Copyright:Copyright: GeoEye Extension of waste dump site 0 100 200 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 19/01/200919/01/2009 Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Meters Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 51 Map 13. Tal El Sultan old landfill site Water treatment plant =" in construction $ Housing area 888=" AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 21/01/2009 Copyright: GeoEyeGeoeye Partially vegetated part of the Re-opened during the conflict abandoned dumping site Acquisition date: 19/01/2009 Copyright: DigitalGlobe UNEP PCDMB - 2009 52 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip Map 14. Sewage in storm water recharge pond ° AcquisitionAcquisition date:date: 06/200506/2005 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 14/06/2007 Copyright: DigitalGlobeDigitalGlobe Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Greenhouses Sewage filled in storm water recharge pond Cultivated area Housing 0200400 AcquisitionAcquisition date: date: 21/01/200921/01/2009 Meters Copyright:Copyright: DigitalGlobe Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 59 Map 15. Seawater sampling sites ° West Bank Erez Gaza North Crossing Point 18 #* Jordan 19 Israel Beit Lahiya #* Beit Hanoun 32 #* Jabalia Mediterranean 31 Gaza Sea #* Gaza 21 #* Nahal Oz Karni Crossing Point 15 #* Middle Area 30 #* Deir al Balah Khan Yunis IsraelIsrael Khan Yunis 28 Rafah #* Rafah Rafah Crossing Point Sufa Crossing Point EgyptEgypt Kerem Shalom Legend Crossing Point #* Sea water samples 0246810Km Source:Source: UNEP,UNEP, FieldField MissionMission 2009.2009. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement by the United Nations. UNEP PCDMB - 2009 Environmental Assessment of the Gaza Strip 65.
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