GEOMORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AL-RAHALIYA AREA OF ANBAR PROVINCE

Abstract

The study is about the ground forms and morphological characteristics of al-Rahaliya district, located in the southeast of Ramadi district of Anbar province, which occupies an area of (2858/^km2). The study of the nature characteristics of the study area was based on geomorphological forms (ground forms), morphological characteristics (river basin network characteristics), specific to the study area, and through the study the use of modern techniques to identify the topography of the area, geomorphometry, and the work of a geographical database of river basins, through digital height data (DEM) with accuracy (30*30) meters, as identified: River basins, their formal, surveying and topography characteristics, valleys, river ranks, and topographic characteristics of the study area's own equal elevation lines, through the use of arc map 10.4.1, where (5) main basins of the study area were identified , and (7) river levels, and the height of the study area ranged from (29- 233) meters above sea level.