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Youngest records in Iran date to the 2nd millennium BC. [8] The Syrian elephant roamed southern Iran, before vanishing there in ancient times. [9] The Asiatic lion was recorded only in Iran's Khuzestan and Fars Provinces. The last sighting occurred in 1957 in the Dez River valley. [10]
There are around 200 protected areas in Iran to preserve the precious biodiversity of the country. As many as 16 national parks among them are home to some of the planet's most incredible species. Golestan National Park, Kavir National Park, Turan National Park, and Tandoureh National Park are among the top protected areas.
The Mangrove forests of Qeshm or Hara forests of Qeshm, are the mangrove forests on the southern coast of Iran, particularly on and near the island of Qeshm in the Persian Gulf. [2] Dominated by the species Avicennia marina , known locally as the "hara" or "harra" tree, the forests represent an ecological resource.
The Karun-3 dam, one of the many large power dams on the Karun River. Arvand Rud. Haffar, originally an artificial channel now forming the estuary of the Karun; Karun River Marun River; Dez River. Bakhtiari River; Koohrang; Tigris (Iraq) Karkheh River. Seimareh River; Chankula River; Sirwan River (Diyala River) Alwand River; Little Zab
The biosphere reserves of Iran have a total land area of 1.64 million km 2. They support more than 8,000 recorded species of plants (almost 2,421 are endemic ), 502 species of birds , 164 species of mammals , 209 species of reptiles , and 375 species of butterflies .
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The Zayandeh River basin has an area of 41,500 square kilometres (16,000 sq mi), an altitude from 3,974 metres (13,038 ft) to 1,466 metres (4,810 ft), an average rain fall of 130 millimetres (5 in) and a monthly average temperature of 3 °C (37 °F) to 29 °C (84 °F).
Khar Turan National Park and Touran Wildlife Refuge are adjoining protected areas in Iran. They are situated in the Semnan province, southeast of Shahrud. With a size of 1,400,000 hectares (14,000 km 2), They form the second-largest reserve in Iran. Khar Turan National Park also called the little Africa in Iran, is registered as the second ...