Many of these hills would also be partly covered with water which would make their tops project less above the water level, and therefore, the curvature of the earth would make them disappear from the line of sight in even a shorter distance than 24 km.
Northeast and southwest of the nearly flat surface that contains the two rivers, the topography rises to more than m in Saudi Arabia and in Iran. Calculations show that elevations of m high cannot be seen beyond 86 km away, and these places are more than km from the Euphrates or Tigris Rivers.
Therefore, none of the high country in Saudi Arabia or Iran would be visible to a tribal chief or Noah. On that basis, the "whole world" would definitely appear to be covered with water during the Flood, and that was the "whole world" for the people in this part of southeastern Mesopotamia at that time.
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