Hamrin Mountains

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Hamrin Mountains
Hamrin Mountains is located in Iraq
Hamrin Mountains
Hamrin Mountains
Highest point
Elevation1,000–250 m (3,280–820 ft)
Coordinates35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889Coordinates: 35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889
Geography
LocationIraq
Parent rangeZagros Mountains
Geology
Mountain typeAnticlinal fold

The Hamrin Mountains (Arabic: جبل حمرين, romanizedJabāl 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.

References[]

  1. ^ Maisels, Charles Keith (1999). The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'. Routledge. p. 126. ISBN 0-415-18607-2.

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