Al-Basrah District topographic map
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About this map
Name: Al-Basrah District topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Location: Al-Basrah District, Basra Governorate, Iraq (30.38163 47.34321 30.77631 47.88556)
Average elevation: 7 m
Minimum elevation: -22 m
Maximum elevation: 68 m
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Al-Faw
Another view suggests that the name is derived from the city’s position at the mouth (fāh) of the Shatt al-Arab, which evolved linguistically into Faw. Some sources, however, argue that the original word was al-Faʾu (الفأو), meaning “open land visible to the eye” or “land enclosed between two elevations”.
Average elevation: 1 m
Al-Faw
Another view suggests that the name is derived from the city’s position at the mouth (fāh) of the Shatt al-Arab, which evolved linguistically into Faw. Some sources, however, argue that the original word was al-Faʾu (الفأو), meaning “open land visible to the eye” or “land enclosed between two elevations”.
Average elevation: 1 m
