Hamrin Mountains

Hamrin Mountains
View over Hamrin mountains
Highest point
Elevation	250–1,000 m (820–3,280 ft)
Coordinates	35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889
Geography
Hamrin Mountains Iraq
Parent range	Zagros Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Anticlinal fold

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, the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Governorate bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river, crossing northern Saladin Governorate and southern Kirkuk Governorate.

In antiquity, the mountains were part of the frontier region between Lower Mesopotamia (Babylonia) to the south and Upper Mesopotamia (Assyria) to the north.

External links

• Jabal Hamrin - Iraq