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As defined by the World Wildlife Fund and used in their Wildfinder, the particular terrestrial ecoregion of the mid to high mountain area is Zagros Mountains forest steppe (PA0446). The annual precipitation ranges from 400–800 mm (16–31 in) and falls mostly in winter and spring. Winters are severe, with low temperatures often below −25 ...
Zagros ophiolite, Zagros mountains, Iran Iraq Zagros ophiolites, Zagros mountains, Iraq, includes; Cretaceous ophiolites (Mawat, Penjwen, Pushtashan, Hassanbig and Bulfat) and Eocene ophiolites (Rayat and Qalander).
Shanidar Cave (Kurdish: ئەشکەوتی شانەدەر, romanized: Eşkewtî Şaneder, [1] [2] Arabic: كَهَف شانِدَر [3]) is an archaeological site on Bradost Mountain, within the Zagros Mountains in the Erbil Governorate of Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq. [4]
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.
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 ]
Parâw (Kurdish:پهڕاو for "full of water") is a mountain located to the north east of Kermanshah city in western Iran. Parâw, with an approximate length of 80 km and an area of 880 square kilometres is part of the Zagros Mountains. [2] Paraw is one of the 1515 Ultra-prominent peak of the world.
HSNP will be the largest protected mountain area in Kurdistan; it is expected to cover more than 1,000-square-kilometre (390 sq mi) with a elevation between 900 metres (3,000 ft) and 3,609-metre (11,841 ft) (at Halgurd Peak), of the Sakran Mountain Range, a part of the Zagros Mountains, which is famous for the spectacular and impressive rock ...