The interdisciplinary approach within the study area covers in detail aspects of remote sensing data in cartography, land-scape evolution and paleoclimate, sedimentary basin studies including mineral resources, groundwater assessment and management, soil associations and land suitability, landscape ecology and phytomass production of wild and cultivated plants. Includes 6 thematic maps 1:1 000 000: Topography, Lithology, Hydrogeology, Soil Association, Land Suitability (for irrigated agriculture), Vegetation.