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Overview map of Iraq Topography of Iraq. The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain extending from around Tikrit to the Persian Gulf.
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
An enlargeable topographic map of Iraq. Geography of Iraq. Iraq is a: Country; Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia. Asia. Western Asia; Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia; Time zone: UTC+03; Extreme points of Iraq High: Cheekha Dar 3,611 m (11,847 ft) Low: Persian Gulf 0 m; Land boundaries: 3,650 km Iran 1,458 km Saudi ...
Debates on which countries should be included in the Middle East are wide-ranging. [52] The Greater Middle East and North Africa region can include the Caucasus, Cyprus, Afghanistan, and several sub-Saharan African states due to various social, religious and historic ties. The most commonly accepted countries in the MENA region are included on ...
They carved up the Middle East map with the stroke of a pen, and we have lived with the consequences ever since. ... From 1979-2003, Iraq was ruled by the tyrant Saddam Hussein, who persecuted the ...
Terrains in the area can be divided into three main types: the large arid desert covering most of it, the fertile south and north, and finally the high mountains of the Atlas, Ahaggar, Zagros and the Anti-Lebanon Mountains, along with the Hijaz Mountain range.
To the east: the eastern deserts, i.e. (from north to south) the Euphrates and the Jebel el-Bishrī area for the northern Levant, followed by the Syrian Desert east of the eastern hinterland of the Anti-Lebanon range (whose southernmost part is Mount Hermon), and Transjordan's highlands and eastern desert (also discussed at Syrian Desert, also ...
The following is a list of countries in the Middle East sorted by projected population. Table. Rank Country (or dependent territory) ... Iraq: 40,063,400: 8.85: