Al Anbar desert region

E572358

Al Anbar desert region is a vast, sparsely populated desert area in western Iraq known for its arid landscape and strategic location near the Syrian and Jordanian borders.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Al Anbar desert 3
Al Anbar desert region canonical 1
Iraqi desert belt 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desert region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
administrativeRegion Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
borderCharacteristic forms much of Iraq’s western frontier ⓘ
bordersCountry Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
crossedBy Euphrates River valley (in parts of Al Anbar Governorate) ⓘ
dominantLandUse limited agriculture in oases and river valleys ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
dominantVegetation ephemeral grasses ⓘ
sparse desert shrubs ⓘ
economicActivity limited trade and transport services ⓘ
small-scale herding ⓘ
ethnicMajority Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
geopoliticalRole buffer zone along western Iraqi border ⓘ
corridor between Iraq and Levant ⓘ
hasLandscapeFeature rocky plateaus ⓘ
sand plains ⓘ
wadis ⓘ
hasNaturalHazard drought ⓘ
dust storms ⓘ
hasSeasonalCharacteristic large diurnal temperature range ⓘ
hasTransportRoute highways connecting Iraq with Jordan ⓘ
highways connecting Iraq with Syria ⓘ
humanSettlementPattern concentrated along rivers and oases ⓘ
knownFor extreme summer temperatures ⓘ
harsh climatic conditions ⓘ
low annual rainfall ⓘ
languageMajority Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn Middle East ⓘ
western Iraq ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
partOf Al Anbar Governorate ⓘ
Arabian Desert ⓘ
Iraqi desert belt ⓘ
Syrian Desert ⓘ
populationDensity sparsely populated ⓘ
religiousMajority Sunni Islam ⓘ
soilType sandy and stony desert soils ⓘ
strategicImportance border region with Syria and Jordan ⓘ
terrainType desert ⓘ
timeZone UTC+3 ⓘ
usedFor military operations and transit routes ⓘ
waterAvailability very limited outside river valleys and oases ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hit → locatedInDesertRegion → Al Anbar desert region ⓘ
Al Anbar desert region → partOf → Iraqi desert belt ⓘ
linked to: Al Anbar desert region
Nukhayb → region → Al Anbar desert ⓘ
linked to: Al Anbar desert region
Haditha Reservoir → locatedInDesertRegion → Al Anbar desert ⓘ
linked to: Al Anbar desert region
Al-Rutba District → locatedInDesert → Al Anbar desert ⓘ
linked to: Al Anbar desert region