Hamrin Mountains
Hamrin Mountains | |
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Hamrin Mountains | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,000–250 m (3,280–820 ft) |
Coordinates | 35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°ECoordinates: 35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E |
Geography | |
Location | Iraq |
Parent range | Zagros Mountains |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Anticlinal fold |
The Hamrin Mountains (Arabic: جبل حمرين, romanized: Jabāl Hamrīn, Kurdish: چیای حەمرین, romanized: Çiyayê Hemrîn or Çiyayên Hemrîn) are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the greater Zagros mountains,[1] the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Governorate bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river, crossing northern Saladin Governorate and southern Kirkuk Governorate.
In antiquity, the mountains were part of the frontier region between Lower Mesopotamia (Babylonia) to the south and Upper Mesopotamia(Assyria) to the north.
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Categories:
- Mountain ranges of Iraq
- Zagros Mountains
- Diyala Governorate
- Kirkuk Governorate
- Saladin Governorate
- Iraq geography stubs