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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.
In the Bronze Age, Elam stretched across the Zagros mountains, connecting Mesopotamia and the Iranian plateau. The kingdoms of Aratta, known from cuneiform sources, may have been located in the central Iranian plateau. In classical antiquity the region was known as Persia, due to the Persian Achaemenid dynasty originating in Fars.
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 Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica), an ancient domesticate once thought extinct, was rediscovered in the late 20th century in Khuzestan Province in the southern Zagros. [1] In the late 19th century, the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica) inhabited the southwestern part of the mountains. [6] It is now extinct in this region. [7]
This is a list of mountain ranges in Asia. Lists. Name Country 'Approx. length (km) Highest mountain 'Max height (m) Al Hajar Mountains ... Zagros Mountains: Iran ...
Alvand Summit, Hamedan, Iran Alvand is a subrange of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran located 10 km (6.2 miles) south of the city of Hamadan in Hamadan province.Its summit has an elevation of 3,580 m (11,750 ft). [2]
The larger part of the basin (74%) is located within Iraqi borders; the remainder is in Iran. [12] On the north, it is bordered by the Great Zab basin while on the south it is adjoined by the basins of the Adhaim and Diyala rivers. The parallel mountain ranges of the Zagros consist of limestone folds rising to elevations over 3,000 metres ...
It is believed that Ecbatana is located in the Zagros Mountains, the east of central Mesopotamia, [2] on Hagmatana Hill (Tappe-ye Hagmatāna). [3] Ecbatana's strategic location and resources probably made it a popular site even before the 1st millennium BC. [4]