Iraq Profile
History, Politics, and Economic Conditions
Iraq is bordered by Kuwait,Iran, Turkey, Syria,Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.The country slopes from mountains over 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) above sealevel along the border with Iranand Turkeyto the remnants of sea-level marshes in the southeast. Much of the land isdesert or wasteland. The mountains in the northeast are an extension of thealpine system that runs eastward from the Balkans into southern Turkey, northern Iraq,Iran, and Afghanistan, terminating in the Himalayas. People Almost 75 percent of Iraq’s population lives in the flat, alluvial plain stretching southeast from Baghdad and Basrah to the Persian Gulf. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers carry…
