A gorge where the Lesser Zab passes from the Rania plain into Lake Dukan, between mountains and turquoise water.
Archaeologists excavate ancient sites here when the lake level drops.
Photos: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 | Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 | Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Darband-i Rania
دربند رانية
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