page_title: Al-Kourah District
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Al-Kourah District / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: مدينة دير ابي سعيد
context_page_description: Al-Kourah Department is one of the nine departments that make up Irbid Governorate, in Jordan. It is located in the midwestern section of the governorate and is 25 km from Irbid.
  The department has an area of 210 km² and includes 22 towns and villages with its administrative center at Der Abi Saeed.
context_section_description: The area of Kourah is 210 km², and most of its territory is fertile mountains covered with forests such as the forest Bargash. Its fertile plains constitute part of the fertile Houran plateau.  The plateaus of "Ashel Al Qarbi" and "Plains Arkam" cut across several year-round flowing rivers such as the "Rayan" valley and "Wadi Abu Ziad," and "Valley of Zqlab". The highest area is the top of Bargash mountain with a height of 875 meters above sea level and range land to decline from east to west until it reaches 60 meters below sea level in the "Tabaqit Fahel".
caption: Der Abi Saeed
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