Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains (Kurdish: Zagros - زاگرۆس, Persian: رشته كوههاى زاگرس), make up Iran's and Iraq's largest mountain range. They have a total length of 1 500 km. The western portion of the mountain range runs across much of Mardin Province along Turkey's border with Syria. The north end of the Zagros Mountains is located just south of Lake Van in eastern Turkey and they run across the border into Iraq and also into the border of Iran all the way south along the north coast of the Persian Gulf. The mountain range ends at the Straits of Hormuz. The highest points in the Zagros Mountains are Zard Kuh (4 548 m) and Mt. Dena (4 359 m).
The Zagros region is an important part of Persian Gulf oil production.
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References
- ↑ "Salt Dome in the Zagros Mountains, Iran". NASA Earth Observatory. Archived from the original on 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2006-04-27.
Other websites
- Zagros, Photos from Iran, Livius Archived 2007-11-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- The genus Dionysia Archived 2019-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Iran, Timeline of Art History
- Mesopotamia 9000 - 500 B.C. Archived 2007-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
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