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Mountain 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 ...
The mountains are divided into many parallel sub-ranges (up to 10 or 250 km (6.2 or 155.3 miles) wide), and orogenically have the same age as the Alps. [12] Iran's main oilfields lie in the western central foothills of the Zagros mountain range. The southern ranges of the Fars province have somewhat lower summits, reaching 4,000 metres (13,000 ...
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).
The provinces of Western Iran. Western Iran consists of Armenian Highlands, northern Zagros and the rich agricultural area of the Khuzestan Plain in the south. It includes the provinces of Kordestan, Kermanshah, Ilam, Lorestan, and Hamadan. Some references also count West Azerbaijan Province and Khuzestan Province to this region.
Mountains of Iran by mountain range (1 C, 1 P) A. Alborz (mountain range) (2 C, 46 P) Armenian Highlands (4 C, 14 P) Z. Zagros Mountains (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category ...
Physiographic world map with mountain ranges and highland areas in brown, pink, and gray. This is a list of mountain ranges on Earth and a few other astronomical bodies.First, the highest and longest mountain ranges on Earth are listed, followed by more comprehensive alphabetical lists organized by continent.
Located East and almost parallel to the Zagros Mountains, the Central Iranian Range is stretched in a north-west-southeast direction from Mount Sahand in Azerbaijan in the north-west to Mount Bazman in Baluchistan in the Southeastern part of Iran. [1] This range was mainly formed during the Tertiary volcanic and orogenic phase and especially in ...
Mountains of Iran by mountain range (1 C, 1 P) Mountains of Iran by province (23 C) Pages in category "Mountains of Iran" The following 70 pages are in this category ...