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The Iranian plateau [1] or Persian plateau [2] [3] is a geological feature spanning parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and West Asia. It makes up part of the Eurasian plate , and is wedged between the Arabian plate and the Indian plate .
Height (m) Range 1 Mount Damavand: 5,610 [1] Middle Alborz Mountains 2 Alam-Kuh: 4,850 Takht-e Suleyman Mountains 3 Sabalan: 4,811 North Khersan: 4,680 Takht-e Suleyman Mountains South Khersan: 4,659 Takht-e Suleyman Mountains Mount Takht-e Suleyman: 4,659 Takht-e Suleyman Mountains Siahsang: 4,604 Takht-e Suleyman Mountains Haft Khan: 4,537 ...
The average elevation of this plateau is about 900 metres (2,953 ft), but several of the mountains that tower over the plateau exceed 3,000 metres (9,843 ft). The eastern part of the plateau is covered by two salt deserts, the Dasht-e Kavir (Great Salt Desert) and the Dasht-e Lut .
Damavand from Polour Village Amol. Mount Damavand (Persian: دماوند [dæmɒːvænd] ⓘ) is a dormant stratovolcano and is the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia, the highest volcano in Asia, and the 3rd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus), at an elevation of 5,609 metres (18,402 ft).
Within its 2.02 km 2 territory, there is a difference of 140 m between its highest and lowest points, giving a ratio of 69 m for every km 2. In Australia 's 7,686,850 square kilometres (2,967,910 sq mi) area, there is only a 2,244 metres (7,362 ft) difference between the highest and lowest points, which gives a ratio of 292 micrometres (0.0115 ...
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Hazaran (Hazar, Hezar), is a massif of the Central Iranian Plateau, and an eastern outlier of the Zagros Mountains. Hazaran is located in Kerman Province, in southeast Iran. With an elevation of 4,500 metres, it is the highest peak in Kerman Province. The jebal Barez chain is a continuation to the south-east. The Halil River rises in the Bid ...
Tepe Sofalin (also Tappeh Sofalin and Tape Sofalin) is an ancient Near Eastern archeological site on the Tehran Plain south of the Alborz Mountains on the north-central plateau of Iran about 10 kilometers east of the modern city of Varamin and 35 kilometers southeast of the modern city of Tehran. It lies in the Tehran Province of Iran. Sofalin ...