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The Zagros Mountains [a] are a long mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq, and southeastern Turkey.The mountain range has a total length of 1,600 km (990 miles). The Zagros range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly follows Iran's western border while covering much of southeastern Turkey and northeastern Iraq.
Relief of Western, Central, and Southeastern Taurus Mountains. The Western Taurus Mountains form an arc around the Gulf of Antalya. It includes the Akdağlar, Bey Mountains, Katrancık Mountain, Kuyucak Mountains, and Geyik Mountains. The East Taşeli Plateau and Goksu River divide it from the Central Taurus Mountains. It has many peaks rising ...
The northwestern Iranian plateau, where the Pontic and Taurus Mountains converge, is rugged country with higher elevations, a more severe climate, and greater precipitation than are found on the Anatolian sub-plateau. The region is known as the Anti-Taurus, and the average elevation of its peaks exceeds 3,000 m (9,800 ft).
West Alborz Mountains Jupar: 4,150 Zagros Mountains: Sarakchal: 4,150 Middle Alborz Mountains Naz: 4,108 West Alborz Mountains Varevasht: 4,100 Middle Alborz Mountains Kharsang: 4,100 Middle Alborz Mountains Shir Kuh: 4,050 Zagros Mountains: Kahar (Mountain) 4,050 West Alborz Mountains Alanehsar: 4,050 Takht-e Suleyman Mountains Oshtorankuh ...
The area pertaining to the hilly flanks is predominantly characterised as the foothills of the Zagros Mountains.Intercepting through the modern-day borders of Turkey, Iraq, and Iran, the region spans over 1000 miles from the lower central area of the Turkish peninsula, curling around the northern sector of the Tigris river, then running along the foothills of the Zagros Mountain range.
The Zagros are home to many threatened and endangered animals, including the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana), Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus), mouflon (Ovis orientalis orientalis), wolf (Canis lupus), striped hyena (Hyena hyena), Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana), and Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus bailwardi).
The Anti-Taurus Mountains (from Greek: Αντίταυρος) or Aladaglar are a mountain range in southern and eastern Turkey, curving northeast from the Taurus Mountains. [ 1 ] At 12,851 feet (3,917 m), Mount Erciyes ( Turkish : Erciyes Dağı) is the highest peak not just in the range but in central Anatolia as a whole.
The craggy massif Mount Cilo is 30 km (19 miles) long and builds the western part of the Hakkari Cilo-Sat Mountains National Park which was established in 2020. [3] The mountains are characterized by an extremely rugged topography with high, pointed summits, sharp and jagged ridges, very steep or even occasionally vertical rock (primarily limestone) cliffs/walls and deep gorges and a few ...