Mesopotamia topographic map
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About this map
Name: Mesopotamia topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Mesopotamia, Iraq (30.91048 37.83444 38.89591 47.45340)
Average elevation: 2,375 ft
Minimum elevation: 3 ft
Maximum elevation: 11,942 ft
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Al-Faw
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Another view suggests that the name is derived from the city’s position at the mouth (fāh) of the Shatt al-Arab, which evolved linguistically into Faw. Some sources, however, argue that the original word was al-Faʾu (الفأو), meaning “open land visible to the eye” or “land enclosed between two elevations”.
Average elevation: 3 ft
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Average elevation: 1,480 ft
Babylon
Iraq > Babil Governorate > Qaryat Annan
A topographical survey at the site was conducted in 1974, followed in 1977 by a review of the stratigraphical position of the main monuments and reconsideration of ancient water levels, by the Turin Centre for Archaeological Research and Excavations in the Middle East and Asia, and the Iraqi-Italian Institute…
Average elevation: 105 ft
Halabja
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Average elevation: 2,956 ft
The ancient city of Ur
Iraq > Dhi Qar Governorate > Al-Nasiriyah District > Ur
Average elevation: 20 ft
Al-Faw
Another view suggests that the name is derived from the city’s position at the mouth (fāh) of the Shatt al-Arab, which evolved linguistically into Faw. Some sources, however, argue that the original word was al-Faʾu (الفأو), meaning “open land visible to the eye” or “land enclosed between two elevations”.
Average elevation: 3 ft
Hayasi
Iraq > Sulaymaniyah Governorate > Bazian district > Bazyan Subdistrict
Average elevation: 2,874 ft
Al-Faw
Another view suggests that the name is derived from the city’s position at the mouth (fāh) of the Shatt al-Arab, which evolved linguistically into Faw. Some sources, however, argue that the original word was al-Faʾu (الفأو), meaning “open land visible to the eye” or “land enclosed between two elevations”.
Average elevation: 3 ft
