Hamrin Mountains
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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 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.
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Hamrin Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 250–1,000 m (820–3,280 ft) |
Coordinates | 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889 |
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Parent range | Zagros Mountains |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Anticlinal fold |
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In antiquity, the mountains were part of the frontier region between Lower Mesopotamia (Babylonia) to the south and Upper Mesopotamia (Assyria) to the north.