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  2. Geography of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Western and southern Iraq is a vast desert region covering some 64,900 square miles (168,000 square kilometres), almost two-fifths of the country. The western desert, an extension of the Syrian Desert, rises to elevations above 1,600 feet (490 metres). The southern desert is known as Al-Hajarah in the western part and as Al-Dibdibah in the east.

  3. Category:Deserts of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Deserts of Iraq" ... Syrian Desert This page was last edited on 12 April 2019, at 22:26 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...

  4. List of deserts - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of deserts sorted by the region of the world in ... Jordan and Iraq; Thal Desert – a desert in ... and this word may even feature in their names ...

  5. Outline of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    The location of Iraq An enlargeable map of Iraq. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Iraq: Iraq – sovereign country located in Western Asia. [1] It spans most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert. [2]

  6. Iraq - Wikipedia

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    The Iraq oil law, a proposed piece of legislation submitted to the Council of Representatives of Iraq in 2007, has failed to gain approval due to disagreements among Iraq's various political blocs. [ 166 ] [ 167 ] Al Başrah Oil Terminal is a trans-shipment facility from the pipelines to the tankers and uses supertankers .

  7. List of deserts by area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the largest deserts in the world by area. It includes all deserts above 50,000 km 2 (19,300 sq mi). Some of Earth 's biggest non-polar deserts

  8. Syrian Desert - Wikipedia

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    The Syrian Desert (Arabic: بادية الشام Bādiyat Ash-Shām), also known as the North Arabian Desert, [1] the Jordanian steppe, or the Badiya, [2] is a region of desert, semi-desert, and steppe, covering about 500,000 square kilometers (200,000 square miles) of West Asia, including parts of northern Saudi Arabia, eastern Jordan, southern Syria, and western Iraq.

  9. Rub' al Khali - Wikipedia

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    The Rub' al Khali [note 1] (/ ˈ r ʊ b æ l ˈ k ɑː l i /; [1] Arabic: ٱلرُّبْع ٱلْخَالِي, [ar.rʊbʕ‿al.χaːliː]) or Empty Quarter is a desert [2] encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula.