Nippur was situated on both sides of the Shatt-en-Nil canal, one of the earliest courses of the Euphrates, between the present bed of that river and the Tigris, almost 160 km southeast of Baghdad.
Nippur lå på begge sider af Shatt-en-Nil-kanalen, en af Eufrats tidligste løb mellem den nuværende flodseng og Tigris, næsten 160 km SØ for Bagdad.