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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 .
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 .
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 ...
To its southeast is the Iranian plateau, where the elevation drops rapidly by about 600 metres (2,000 ft) to 1,500 metres (5,000 ft) above sea level. [2] To the southwest is Mesopotamia (or Fertile Crescent). Armenian highlands Ptolemy Cosmographia 1467 Armenian highlands and Caucasus mountains
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 ...
There are 14 mountains over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), which are often referred to as the Eight-thousanders. (Some people have claimed there are six more 8,000m peaks in Nepal, making for a total of 20. [1])
Image credits: morteza_mehrzad2 Mehrzad, the star player of the Islamic Republic of Iran ’s sitting volleyball team, measures 8 feet 0.85 inches tall (approximately two meters and 46 centimeters ...
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.