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 north end is in northwestern Iran and they run near the border with Iraq and 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 Mountains from space, September 1992 ^[1]

The Zagros region is an important part of Persian Gulf oil production.

Related pages

• Taurus mountains

References

1. "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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