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Hamrin Mountains
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.
| Hamrin Mountains | |
|---|---|
View over Hamrin mountains | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 250–1,000 m (820–3,280 ft) |
| Coordinates | 35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E |
| Geography | |
Hamrin Mountains | |
| Parent range | Zagros Mountains |
| Geology | |
| Mountain type | Anticlinal fold |
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 Edit
- ^ Maisels, Charles Keith (1999). The Near East: Archaeology in the 'Cradle of Civilization'. Routledge. p. 126. ISBN 0-415-18607-2.
External links Edit
- Jabal Hamrin - Iraq