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The Zagros Mountains [a] are a 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.
Mountain Height (m) Range 1 Mount Damavand: 5,610 [1] Middle Alborz Mountains 2 Alam-Kuh: 4,850 ... Zagros Mountains Jahanbin: 3,220 Zagros Mountains Binalud: 3,220
The Alborz (listen ⓘ Persian: البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge Kopet Dag in the northern ...
Shaho (Kurdish: شاھۆ ,Şaho), [1] [2] in western Iran, is a mountain of the central Zagros Mountains range. It is located among th cities of Kamyaran, Sarvabad, Marivan, Nowdeshah, Nowsud, Paveh, Javanrud, Ravansar in the district of Kurdistan and Kermanshah provinces. The highest peak of this mountain is called Havi Khani, located at the ...
Next to the Main Zagros Reverse Fault is a zone sometimes referred to as the 'High Zagros', the highest part of the Zagros Mountains reaching heights in excess of 4,500 m (14,800 ft), with the 'High Zagros Fault' forming its southwestern boundary. The next zone between the High Zagros Fault and the Main Frontal Fault (also Mountain Front ...
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]) All are in the two highest mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas and the Karakoram.
Zagros Mountains – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt) Sierra Madre Occidental – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Mantiqueira Mountains/Espinhaço Mountains – 1,320 km (820 mi) Kolyma Mountains – 1,300 km (810 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
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]