Hamrin Mountains

Hamrin Mountains
Hamrin Mountains Iraq
Highest point
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Coordinates	35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889Coordinates: 35°01′57″N 43°38′47″E / 35.0325°N 43.6463889°E / 35.0325; 43.6463889
Geography
Location	Iraq
Parent range	Zagros Mountains
Geology
Mountain type	Anticlinal fold

The Hamrin Mountains (Arabic: جبل حمرين Jabāl Hamrīn, Kurdish: Çiyayê Hemrîn or Çiyayên Hemrîn) are a small mountain ridge in northeast Iraq. The westernmost ripple of the greater Zagros mountains, the Hamrin mountains extend from the Diyala Province bordering Iran, northwest to the Tigris river, crossing northern Salah ad Din Province and southern Kirkuk Province.

In antiquity, the mountains were part of the frontier region between Babylonia to the south and Assyria to the north. Today, the area forms part of the linguistic boundary between most of Arabic-speaking Iraq and Kurdish-speaking Iraq.

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