Landforms resulting from erosion and water sedimentation of Shatt al-Hilla

Abstract

The Shatt al-Hilla is one of the large and important rivers branching from the left of the Euphrates River from the front of the Indian Dam. The river flows in a south-eastern direction with a slope of the surface in the province of Babylon. The length of the river is (128) km, of which (104) km is in the province of Babylon, and the rest is in the province of Qadisiyah. The study area is part of the sedimentary plain in the region of the tectonically unstable pavement. Quaternary sediments cover most of its lands, whose thickness ranges between (150-200) meters, and its height ranges between (20-44) meters above sea level. It became clear that there are many land forms resulting from water erosion, including river bends and bends, lateral carving of river banks, and water cavities at the shoulders of rivers and river terraces.