Editing Geography of Iraq (section)

===Upper Mesopotamia===
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[[File:Iraqi Kurdish villagers in field near Turkish border.jpg|left|thumb|239x239px|Agriculture is the main occupation of the people.]]
The uplands region, between the Tigris north of [[Hamrin Mountains]] and the Euphrates north of [[Hit, Iraq|Hit]], is known as [[Al-Jazira, Mesopotamia|Al Jazira]] (the island) and is part of a larger area that extends westward into Syria between the two rivers and into [[Turkey]]. Water in the area flows in deeply cut valleys, and [[irrigation]] is much more difficult than it is in the lower plain. The southwest areas of this zone are classified as desert or semi-desert. The northern parts, which include such places like the [[Nineveh Plains]], [[Duhok]], [[Zakho]] and [[Amedi]], mainly consist of [[Mediterranean shrub|Mediterranean]] vegetation. The vegetation cyclically dries out and appear brown in the virtually arid summer and flourish in the wet winter.