Ḩamīdīyeh

The land around Hamidiyeh lies on the lower Karkheh, west of Ahvaz in the Khuzestan plain. The river descends from the Zagros and spreads across the lowlands towards the Hawizeh marshes. Its changing courses and branches have shaped the country between the mountains and the head of the Persian Gulf, where river water made cultivation possible in a hot, dry region.