A seminar entitled (Assessment of environmental pollution by heavy   Elements and hydrocarbons in the water and sediments at Abu Al-Kahsib River in Basrah Governorate-southern Iraq).  Hold at the College of Science, Geology Department. The presenter Malak Hassan Yacoub demonstrates the most important objectives: of study of the Abu Al-Khasib River was conducted to show the state of the river and its impact on various pollutants, including heavy elements and hydrocarbon compounds, with the identification of the origin of these compounds, as well as measuring some important environmental indicators  in its water and  Sediments, and comparing them with local and international standard determinants, evaluating water quality and knowing its suitability for drinking and irrigating agricultural areas.