Most of Iraq is a series of broad, sandy plains. The Syrian Desert blankets the land in the far-west, and in the far-southeast near the
Persian Gulf, the land is low, marshy, and often flooded.
Iraq is mountainous in the far-north, as the Zagros Mountains front its borders with
Iran and
Turkey. The country's highest point is located there, an unnamed peak that rises 11,847 ft (3,611 m).
Two of the most significant rivers in all of
Asia, the Euphrates and Tigris, drain the land.
