Middle East
Iraq
Dhi Qar

Hor al-Hammar

Lake Hammar is a saline lake in southeastern part of within the Hammar Marshes. It has an area of 600–1,350 km2. Water level in the lake fluctuates, with maximum depths varying from 1.8 metres to 3.0 metres.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al Bardī”, “Baḩayrat al Ḩamār”, “Hamar”, “Hammār Lake”, “Hawr al Ḩammār, Hor al Hammar, Khor el Hammar, هور الحمّار, Hawr al Hammar, Hor al Hammar, Khor el Hammar, هور الحمار”, “Hawr as Sannaf”, “Hor al Hammar”, “Khor el Hammar”, “Lake Hammar”, “Lake Hammer”, and “البردي”

Hor al-Hammar

Latitude
30.77238° or 30° 46′ 21″ north
Longitude
47.00155° or 47° 0′ 6″ east
Elevation
-1 metres (-3 feet)
Open location code
8H29Q2C2+XJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 962798559
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
96123
Wiki­data ID
Q2668029
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Hor al-Hammar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة الحمار”
  • Arabic: “هور الحمّار”
  • Bulgarian: “Ал-Хамар”
  • Cebuano: “Hawr al Ḩammār”
  • Chinese: “哈马尔湖”
  • Chuvash: “Эль-Хаммар”
  • Czech: “Hammar”
  • Czech: “Jezero Hammar”
  • French: “Al-hammar”
  • French: “Lac Hammar”
  • Georgian: “ელ-ჰამარი”
  • German: “Hammarsee”
  • German: “Hawr al Hammar”
  • Japanese: “ハンマール湖”
  • Kazakh: “Хаммар”
  • Latvian: “Ḩammār”
  • Latvian: “Hammārs”
  • Latvian: “Haur al Hammār”
  • Latvian: “Hawr al Ḩammār”
  • Latvian: “هور الحمّار”
  • Lithuanian: “Hamaras”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hammarsjøen”
  • Persian: “دریاچه حمار”
  • Persian: “هور حمار”
  • Russian: “Хаммар”
  • Russian: “Эль-Хаммар”
  • Spanish: “Lago Hammar”
  • Thai: “ทะเลสาบฮัมมาร์”
  • Turkish: “Hamar Gölü”
  • Turkish: “Hammar Gölü”
  • Uzbek: “Hammar koʻli”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Hammar”

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