Dhi Qar Governorate topographic maps

Average elevation: 6 m

Average elevation: 5 m

Belgian architect, Jules Tilly, was commissioned to develop a modern urban plan for the city. Tilly introduced a Western-style grid layout, characterised by long, straight, and parallel streets intersecting at right angles, unprecedented in Iraq at the time. This planning approach shaped the city’s…

Average elevation: 5 m

Average elevation: 5 m

Average elevation: 7 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 8 m

Average elevation: 7 m

Average elevation: 5 m

Average elevation: 7 m

Average elevation: 9 m