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The highest mountains in Iran include Damavand, Alam-Kuh, Sabalan, Takht-e Soleyman, Azad Kuh, Zard-Kuh, and Shir Kuh. This is a list of mountains in the country of Iran . Topographical maps showing the mountain ranges of Iran
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Damavand from Polour Village Amol. Mount Damavand (Persian: دماوند [dæmɒːvænd] ⓘ) is a dormant stratovolcano and is the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia, the highest volcano in Asia, and the 3rd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus), at an elevation of 5,609 metres (18,402 ft).
The Elburz Range forest steppe ecoregion is an arid, mountainous 1,000-kilometer arc south of the Caspian Sea, stretching across northern Iran from the Azerbaijan border to near the Turkmenistan border. It covers 63,300 square kilometres (24,400 sq mi) and encompasses the southern and eastern slopes of the Alborz Mountains as
Mountains of Iran by mountain range (1 C, 1 P) ... Pages in category "Mountains of Iran" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.