Overview of Iraq: Climate

Most of Iraq has a hot arid climate. Summer temperatures average above 40°C for most of the country and frequently exceed 48°C. Winter temperatures infrequently exceed 21°C with maximums roughly 15 to 16 °C and night-time lows occasionally below freezing. Read More »

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Ad Dulaym in Anbar
Al Ajrab in Muhafazat Baghdad
Al Ghawamid in Anbar
Al Ghurabiyah, a hill in Muhafazat an Najaf
Al Hajjiyah in Anbar
Al Halawiyat in Muhafazat an Najaf
Al Qalamah al Kabirah in Diyala
Al Widyan in Anbar
Al `Abd in Anbar
Albu Diya' in Anbar
Albu Nayil in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Aradi Jasim Dakhin in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Aradi Jubayl in Anbar
Aradi Umm Chamagh in Maysan
Aradi al Bukat in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Assadah in Diyala
Bani Hasan in Muhafazat Karbala'
Bani Rabi`ah in Muhafazat Wasit
Birayjil al Hasan in Diyala
Buzurgan in Muhafazat Wasit
Chaylan Ghadawi in Anbar
Chikas Avzik in Muhafazat Wasit
Faydat al Adyan, a depression in Anbar
Hajar Takhadid, a hill in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Hajjilar in Diyala
Hukay ar Rashid, a hill in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Huwaysah in Dhi Qar
Ishan al Fitr, a hill in Dhi Qar
Ishan as Sanidiyah, a hill in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Jabal Muqtarah, a hill in Diyala
Jabal Qadih, a hill in Anbar
Jabal Qashkah, a ridge in Diyala
Jithm al Wa`r, a hill in Anbar
Kani Sakhit in Muhafazat Wasit
Khaddam in Anbar
Khadir al May in Muhafazat al Basrah
Khashmat `Awwad, a hill in Muhafazat an Najaf
Khatt Anabib Batrul al `Iraq, a facility in Anbar
Khidr al Madkhun in Maysan
Kiri in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Maftul Radi al Hamadi in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Mahattat Dakhkh Aij Thalathah in Anbar
Mahattat Dakhkh Aych Wahid in Anbar

Makhfar Hudud Al Husayn, a border post in Diyala
Makhfar Hudud al Fursan, a border post in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Makhfar Hudud al Yasin, a border post in Diyala
Maqali` Kur Tabuq in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Mardan in Diyala
Mintaqat Hurj al `Asi in Anbar
Mintaqat al Lawz in Muhafazat Babil
Mintaqat at Tarfawiyah in Muhafazat Babil
Muhammad al Amir in Muhafazat Wasit
Musul in Muhafazat Karbala'
Olani in Diyala
Qarat Musari`, a hill in Anbar
Qaryat al Akra` in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Radifat al Hadiyah, a depression in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Rahamilah in Diyala
Salaf az Zarkan al Kabir in Dhi Qar
Shammar in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Shighaf, a hill in Dhi Qar
Tabu in Maysan
Tall Abiyad, a hill in Diyala
Tall Bayyad, a hill in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Tall Dab`, a hill in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Tall Mansur, a hill in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Tall Mas`ud, a hill in Muhafazat Baghdad
Tall Mudawwar, a hill in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Tall Muhayjir in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Tall Rahamilah in Diyala
Tall Shulayhman, a hill in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Tall Taksil, a hill in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Tall Tamdar, a hill in Diyala
Tall `Allus, a hill in Muhafazat Salah ad Din
Tall `Ammarin in Muhafazat al Qadisiyah
Tall al Mu`tardah in Anbar
Tall as Sawarikh, a hill in Diyala
Tukayyid in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Tulul Mushayjij in Muhafazat an Najaf
Umm Sudayrat al Hadariyah, a depression in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Umm al Khaylan in Muhafazat al Muthanna
Zahrat Hisb in Muhafazat an Najaf
`Ali Khalaf in Anbar
`Mahdi al Faq in Muhafazat Salah ad Din

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Ain ed Dalia, a spring in Wilaya de Chlef, Algeria
Al Basiri in Mintaqat al Qasim, Saudi Arabia
Balandar-e Sofla in Ostan-e Lorestan, Iran
Blamakro in Region du Sud-Comoe, Ivory Coast
Cambridge Fiord, a fjord in Nunavut
Cano Camoa, a stream in Departamento del Meta, Colombia
Chah Taghari in Ostan-e Kerman, Iran
Condo in Provincia do Zaire, Angola
Dukuh in Central Java, Indonesia
Esma`ilabad in Ostan-e Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran
Gishe in Oromiya Kilil, Ethiopia
Gremikha, a stream in Altayskiy Kray, Russia
Grindstone-Lost-Muddy Creek Watershed Dam C-3 in DeKalb County, Missouri
Haji Khush Dad in Balochistan, Pakistan
Hilburn Township in Madison County, Arkansas
I-n-Aggar, a scrubland in Region de Kidal, Mali

Imeni Revolyutsii in Bryanskaya Oblast', Russia
Kambirombi in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Lingxia in Guangdong Sheng, China
Lutendebwe, a stream in Northern Province, Zambia
Magurugoda in Province of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka
Ozero Roy, a lake in Nizhegorodskaya Oblast', Russia
Panther Creek, a stream in Harrison County, Texas
Quebrada de Agua, an intermittent stream in Estado Anzoategui, Venezuela
Ramnagar9 in Ramnagar, Kapilbastu, Lumbini Zone, Western Region, Nepal
Savane Desdunes in Departement de l'Artibonite, Haiti
Split Tank, a water tank in Socorro County, New Mexico
Spracklins Point, a point in Newfoundland and Labrador
Threemile Lake, a lake in Marshall County, South Dakota
Twi-gol in P'yongyang-si, North Korea
Wangchang in Sichuan Sheng, China

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