Which statement is the best description of how the physical geography of iraq has impacted the nation's population distribution?
a) most of the population lives in the deserts of southern iraq.
b) over 75% of the population live on the coast of the persian gulf.
c) over 75% of the population lives near the tigris and euphrates rivers.
d) most of the population lives in the mountainous region of northeast iraq.
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D)Most of the population lives in the mountainous region of northeast Iraq.  

Explanation:

Iraq closed 2018 with a population of 38,433,600 people, representing an increase of 880,819 inhabitants, 431,576 women and 449,243 men, compared to 2017, in which the population was 37,552,781 people.

Iraq can be considered a country with a significant number of inhabitants, if we compare it with the rest of the countries, since it occupies the 36th position in the ranking of 196 states that make up the world population table of datamacro.com.

According to the latest data published by the UN, only 0.98% of Iraq's population are immigrants. Iraq is the 157th country in the world by percentage of immigration.

In 2018, the male population has been the majority, with 19,459,608 men, which represents 50.63% of the total, compared to 18,973,992 women who are 49.37%.

Iraq has an average population density of 88 inhabitants per km2.

Iraq, with a population of 38,433,600 people, is in position 36 of the population table, composed of 196 countries and has a moderate population density, 88 inhabitants per km2.

Its capital is Baghdad and its currency is Dinares.

the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)