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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