Iraq borders Iran to the east, Syria and Turkey to the north, Jordan to the west and Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to the south. It also has a coastline of 12 nautical miles on the Persian Gulf. In ancient times, Iraq was known as Mesopotamia or the Fertile Crescent.
The kilowatt-hour (symbolized kWâh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power sustained for one hour.One watt is equal to 1 J/s. One kilowatt-hour is 3.6 megajoules, which is the amount of energy converted if work is done at an average rate of one thousand watts for one hour.Note that the international standard SI unit of energy is the joule.ne watt is equal to 1 J/s. One kilowatt-hour is 3.6 megajoules, which is the amount of energy converted if work is done at an average rate of one thousand watts for one hour.
a unit of energy equal to the energy of one watt operating for one hour, equivalent to 3600 joules. Abbreviation: Wh. Electricity is usually purchased by the kilowatt hour, and measured by the watt-hour meter (Fig. 160). A watt-hour is the amount of energy needed by a device which uses one watt and is operated for one hour. watt-hour. 1. a unit of energy equal to a power of one watt operating for one hour. watt-hour. A unit of energy, especially electrical energy, equal to the work done by one watt acting for one hour. It is equivalent to 3,600 joules.