Jabal Zambar ( ar, جبل زمبر) is a large hill in the

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Nineveh Province Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a Governorates of Iraq, governorate in nor ...

of northern

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. The name may also be rendered as Jabal or Jebel Sinbar, Zinbar or Zinbār, or Zambar Mountain.

Geography

Jebel Zambar is in a transitional folded zone between the alpinotype area to the northeast and the

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to the southwest. This area holds the major

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structures between the

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and the Al-Tharthar basin. The zone includes

Jebel Sinjar The Sinjar Mountains ( ku, چیایێ شنگالێ, translit=Çiyayê Şingalê, ar, جبل سنجار, translit=Jabal Sinjār, syr, ܛܘܪܐ ܕܫܝܓܪ, Ṭura d'Shingar,) are a mountain range that runs east to west, rising above the surroundi ...

, Jebel Sinu,

Jebel Sasan Jebel Sasan ( ar, جبل ساسان,چياى ساسان) is a large hill in the Tel Afar District of Nineveh Province of northern Iraq. The name may also be rendered as Jabal Sasan. Geology Jebel Sasan is in a transitional folded zone between an ...

, Jebel Zambar, Jebel Sheik Ibrahim and Jebel Adaiya. The Jebels Zambar and Ibrahim are sometimes treated as one structure. The Sanjar-Zambar mountain range includes the Teymurlenk (

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) hills, which contain the

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city of

Tal Afar Tal Afar ( ar, تَلْعَفَر, Talʿafar, ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located 63 km (39 mi) west of Mosul, 52 km (32 mi) east of Sinjar Mosul Dam Mosul Dam ( ar, سد الموصل), formerly known as Saddam Dam (), is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh, upstream of the city of Mosul. The dam serves to generate hydroelectricity ...

project was to include a study of irrigating the northern catchment area of the Tharthar depression. This would include construction of a water supply tunnel under Jabal Zambar. On 7 January 2006 twelve U.S, military personnel died when their UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter crashed on Zambar Mountain.

References

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