Geography Of Iraq

Location	Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait
Geographic coordinates	33 00 N, 44 00 E
Map references	middle_east
Area	total: 437,072 sq km water: 4,910 sq km land: 432,162 sq km
Area comparative	slightly more than twice the size of Idaho
Land boundaries	total: 3,650 km border countries: Iran 1,458 km, Jordan 181 km, Kuwait 240 km, Saudi Arabia 814 km, Syria 605 km, Turkey 352 km
Coastline	58 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: not specified
Climate	mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq
Terrain	mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m highest point: unamed peak 3,611 m; note - this peak is not Gundah Zhur 3,607 m or Kuh-e Hajji-Ebrahim 3,595 m
Natural resources	petroleum, natural gas, phosphates, sulfur
Land use	arable land: 13.15% permanent crops: 0.78% other: 86.07% (2001)
Irrigated land	35,250 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	dust storms, sandstorms, floods
Environment - current issues	government water control projects have drained most of the inhabited marsh areas east of An Nasiriyah by drying up or diverting the feeder streams and rivers; a once sizable population of Marsh Arabs, who inhabited these areas for thousands of years, has been displaced; furthermore, the destruction of the natural habitat poses serious threats to the area's wildlife populations; inadequate supplies of potable water; development of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers system contingent upon agreements with upstream riparian Turkey; air and water pollution; soil degradation (salination) and erosion; desertification
Environment - international agreements	party to: Law of the Sea signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Geography note	strategic location on Shatt al Arab waterway and at the head of the Persian Gulf

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Iraq