Jabal Zambar () is a large hill in the

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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, Jebel Sinu, Jebel Sasan, 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

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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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