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	Alborz Mountains
		Mountain range in northern Iran, reacing peaks of 5,604 metres.
		Many sections of both the northern and southern slopes of the Alborz are heavily populated, Teheran at 1,200 metres above sea level, is both the capital and largest city of Iran with 7.5 million inhabitants (2005 estimate).
		One railway cross the mountains in the west, connecting Rasht with Qazvin, while other railways run parallel both in the south and the north.
	i-cias.com /e.o/alborz_m.htm (291 words)

	Alborz Mountains
		Mountain range in northern Iran, reacing peaks of 5,604 metres.
		Many sections of both the northern and southern slopes of the Alborz are heavily populated, Teheran at 1,200 metres above sea level, is both the capital and largest city of Iran with 7.5 million inhabitants (2005 estimate).
		The mountains is mainly made from limestone with beds of lava and volcanic tuff.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/alborz_m.htm (291 words)

	Iran Mountain Climbing Travel and Tour
		The term “Alborz Mountains” has been loosely used in reference to all of the mountains of northern Iran, from the Turkish border to the northwest, to the border with Afghanistan to the northeast (a distance of more than 1500 km).
		The Alborz Mountains gain their maximum height and density along the southern shores of the Caspian Sea where they create a formidable barrier that separates the coastal plains from the internal plateau of Iran.
		In contrast to the lush northern slopes, the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains are barren.
	www.iranclimbingtour.com (3761 words)

	Intercaspian: Photo selection from Alborz mountains
		At the heights of the mountain range on a clear day, Karaj-Chalous highway offers a spectacular panoramic view of the Alborz massif; occasionally pockets of clouds can be seen trapped between mountains reminding us of the olympian scale of the mountain chain.
		The shapes of rocks in the high mountains are a geological curiosity.
		Eventually it reaches a river rushing through rocks at the foot of the mountain and follows its course toward Kelardasht and Marzanabad.
	www.intercaspian.com /photobank/ir/tehran/pb_tehran4.html (284 words)

	SummitPost - Central Alborz Mountains -- Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering
		The term “Alborz Mountains” has been loosely used in reference to all of the mountains of northern Iran, from the Turkish border to the northwest, to the border with Afghanistan to the northeast (a distance of more than 1500 km).
		The Alborz Mountains gain their maximum height and density along the southern shores of the Caspian Sea where they create a formidable barrier that separates the coastal plains from the internal plateau of Iran.
		In contrast to the lush northern slopes, the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains are barren.
	www.summitpost.org /area/range/154322/central-alborz-mountains.html (2662 words)

	Iran's link
		The high Alborz Mountains, sealing off the narrow Caspian strip, are covered with dense forests and lush vegetation which have to be crossed when traveling to northern Iran.
		The magnificent Alborz Mountain Range in the north, the Zagross Mountain Range in the west and some other mountain chains, which extend from Khorassan to Baluchestan in the east, surrounded plateau of Iran which is mostly desert in the middle..
		Alborz and Zagross mountain chains trap the humidity and air currents of the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean climate preventing them from penetration to the inner parts.
	www.stanford.edu /~shahlamf/geography.htm (1292 words)

	Mountain Partnership
		Iran extends over a vast plateau that is one of the highest in the world and Iranians are essentially mountain people, their agricultural practices adapted to the particular constraints of the terrain and climate with seasonal migration still an important aspect of those practices.
		The Alborz and Zagros Mountains and the North-Eastern Ranges are situated in the north and west, and to the south and east are the scattered upland massifs.
		Mountains play a vital role in Iran which is situated within the dry belt of Asia, and Iranians are almost entirely dependent on water resources from the mountains (in the form of melting snow and spring rains descending from the mountains).
	www.mountainpartnership.org /members/countries/neareast/iran.html (493 words)

	Arial Photos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Alborz Mountains, with many peaks exceeding 10 000 feet (3050 meters), have as their highest peak, Mount Damavand, an extinct volcano reaching 18 934 feet (5775 meters).
		The mountains are a major climate barrier between the arid Iranian Plateau (south) and the moist (receives significant amounts of rain and snow) north facing slopes.
		The southern end of the dry lakebed is flanked by rugged mountains where peaks exceed 8900 feet (2710 meters) in elevation.
	www.faramarz.com /photo/arialPhotos.htm (624 words)

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		Trekking is often confused with mountaineering, does not require as much preparation as mountaineering which is a pre-planned affair.
		Mountaineering is more technical in nature and hazardous but this is not so in the case of trekking.
		Gorgân region offers many excellent one and several days walks and hikes across mountains and through forests, and a couple of challenging mountain climbs, and some full-scale expeditions, for the more adventurous.
	medlem.spray.se /davidgorgan/Adventure.html (825 words)

	"T13B-0511" in fm06
		AB: The kinematic relationship between the neighboring MFF and the NTT is an open question in the fault interaction during the late Cenozoic evolution of the Alborz Mountains.
		The ENE-striking NTT is a frontal thrust that delimits the Alborz Mountains to the south, but no instrumentally recorded earthquakes are known here.
		The Pleistocene kinematic changeover along the NTT underscores the importance of the NTT in accommodating deformation in the central Alborz Mountains.
	www.agu.org /cgi-bin/wais?hh=T13B-0511 (431 words)

	Iransaga - Iran The Country, The Land
		Flock of sheep on the southern foothills of Mount Damavand, Alborz mountains.
		The chief fertile region lies in the Caspian coastal strip, north of the Alborz Mountains.
		The Zagros mountains which occupy, with their foothills most of the western half of the country have several peaks over 14,000 ft. Great herds of sheep and goats move on a regular seasonal cycle from the highlands in the summer to the valleys in the winter.
	www.artarena.force9.co.uk /land.htm (1409 words)

	National Geoscience Database Of IRAN - Natural Characteristics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Northern branch, Alborz Mountain, at north, is the boundary between interior land and Caspian Sea and after joint with NW-SE trending Kopeh Dagh range, separates Central Iran from Karakorum and Karazm deserts.
		Some parts of high elevation mountains of east Iran with NS trend are located between Lut block at west and Helmand block at east.
		These mountains are limited at south and north by Khab Playa and Makran Range respectively and complete the boundary of central Iran.
	www.ngdir.ir /AboutIran/NaturalSpecialties.asp (694 words)

	Alborz at AllExperts
		The Alborz mountain range forms a barrier between the south Caspian and the Qazvin-Tehran plateau.
		Alborz enjoys a central role in the historical texts of Iran such as the Shahnama, and also in Persian mythology.
		In June of 2006, a team of religious scholars led by Bob Cornuke of the BASE Institute claimed to have found Noah's Ark in the Alborz mountains.[1][2][3] Expedition members describe a large object of petrified wood.
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/al/alborz.htm (266 words)

	landscape (Site not responding. Last check: )
		These mountains bar the central regions from the humid winds coming from the Caspian Sea in the north, the Mediterranean in the west, and the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman in the south.
		The capital, Tehran, lies at the foot of Alborz mountains and extends from an altitude of 1,300m to that of 1,600m.
		The Alborz range, as forbidding as Zagros mountains, runs in the northern parts of the country close and parallel to the southern coast of the Caspian Sea.
	www.iran-export.com /iran/p3.htm (457 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Elburz Range forest steppe (PA0507)
		Located in northern Iran along the southern and eastern slopes of the Elburz Mountain range, this ecoregion is characterized by an arid climate with cold winters and low annual precipitation.
		The mountains extend approximately 1,000 km (600 miles) in an arc from Astara (at the edge of the Azarbaijan region) along the southwestern and southern coasts of the Caspian Sea and into the northeast reaches of the country as far as Jajarm.
		The mountains are composed of limestones, shales, sandstones and tuffs, including 3,000m tuff beds on the southern slopes.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa0507_full.html (1109 words)

	About IRAN
		The mountainous areas from the west to the east are Talesh, Masouleh, Poshteh Kooh, and the Alborz Mountain Range which itself is composed of western, central and eastern parts.
		The plain regions of the province extend between the sea and the mountains to the altitude of 100 m.
		From the Caspian Sea in the slopes of the northern Alborz Mountain Range, The climate of Rasht is humid and unstable.
	www.iccim.org /English/Iran/gilan (2568 words)

	Hyrcania
		To it's east lies the River Oxus, and further east and south it is surrounded by the Alborz mountains.
		However different the plant life is from the tribe's european counterparts, the animal life is quite similar, including beasts such as red deer, brown bear, wild boar, roe deer, and panther.
		To the east lies the river Oxus, and beyond the river are the Alborz mountains.
	p214.ezboard.com /ftheamazonnationfrm16 (353 words)

	Geography
		The high Alborz Mountains, sealing off the narrow Caspian strip, trap humidity and create a mild humid region with luxuriant forests and swamps.
		The following are Gilan's chains of mountains: the wastern mountains which include Talesh and Masuleh and the eastern mountains including part of the Alborz.
		The rivers are numerous, most of which originate in hte Alborz mountains.
	www.gums.ac.ir /en/Geography.htm (318 words)

	Mountains of Iran
		Arasbaran Mountains at the NW of Iran are located along the banks of a border river, Aras, with the highest peak called "Neshan Kuh" 3700m above sea level (ASL).
		Talesh Mountains are located at the south of the Caspian Sea with their highest peak called "Aq Dagh", 3200m ASL.
		The highest and wildest altitudes of the Zagros are Bakhtiary Mountains between Luristan and Shiraz plains.
	www.destinationiran.com /Mountains.htm (581 words)

	Iran Travels > Shokoofeh Tour & Travel Agency: Useful information
		The major exceptions are the higher mountain valleys of the Zagros and the Caspian coastal plain, where precipitation averages at least 50 centimeters annually.
		In the higher elevations of the mountains rimming the basins, tribally organized groups practiced transhumance, moving with their herds of sheep and goats between traditionally established summer and winter pastures.
		The main mountain chain is the Zagros Mountains, a series of parallel ridges interspersed with plains that bisect the country from northwest to southeast.
	www.iran-travels.com /info.htm (7856 words)

	Photo selection from Alborz mountains
		After passing the resort areas on the banks of the Karaj river and an artificial lake, created by an impressive hydro-electric dam, the highway winds up along deep and beautiful gorges of the Alborz mountain range then turns into a hairpin road carved in the mountains abrupt slopes before reaching the summits.
		At the heights of the mountain range on a clear day, Karaj-Chalous highway offers a spectacular panoramic view of the Alborz massif; occasionally pockets of clouds can be seen trapped between mountains reminding us of the olympian scale of the mountain chain.
		The shapes of rocks in the high mountains are a geological curiosity.
	users.skynet.be /web.designer/tehran/pb_tehran4.html (207 words)

	Selection from Alborz mountains in Qazvin-Alamut highway
		It is a region in the western edge of the Alborz massif, between the dry and barren plain of Qazvin in the south and the densely forested slopes of the Mazandaran province in the north.
		These are phrases commonly used by ancient travelers and storytellers worldwide referring to the Alamut, which was home to several fearful fortresses furtively built by the devoted followers of legendary Hasan-e Sabbah known as the assassins (Hashishins).
		The mountains ascend sharply into valleys dotted with villages and patches of greens which are called Shahraks and are reachable by tight hairpin roads.
	users.skynet.be /web.designer/tehran/pb_tehran6.html (257 words)

	Tehran
		Tehran, is situated on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.
		Alborz mountains, the western humid currents, and the latitude.As a matter of fact, Alborz mountains make the weather in Tehran moderate.
		In northern Tehran, the weather is moderate and mountainous, and in plains it is semi-arid.
	members.fortunecity.co.uk /simin/tehran.htm (2023 words)

	Iransaga - Persian Myths, The Creation of the World
		In its original state, the earth was flat, with no valleys or mountains and the sun stood still at the noonday position.
		It is in Khvaniras (Khvanirath) that the Peak of Hara (Alborz) was believed to have grown from the roots of the Alborz Mountains; Mount Hara or Harburz is described in the Avesta (ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism
		While Alborz or Mount Hara was the source for both light and water, the Vourukasha Sea is described in the Avesta as the gathering point of water.
	www.art-arena.com /cotw.htm (1033 words)

	Welcome to Iran Embassy - South Africa ( LAND ) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The triangle is bounded by mountains rising round a central depression,a desert region formed by the bed of a dried up sea.
		The western mountains, the Zagros, run from northwest to southeast and are over 620 miles in length and 120 miles in width.
		Iran's longest river,the 1000 kilometer long Sefidrood,which is mainly a mountain stream rises in the Alborz mountains and irrigates the Gilan plain before flowing into the Caspian sea.
	www.iranembassy-sa.org.za /English/land.htm (1172 words)

	Iranica.com - ii. IN PERSIA
		The mountain chains on the Turkish-Persian border and the Zagros receive relatively high precipitation in winter and early spring, but the summer dry period has a decisive effect on the vegetation there, which is dominated by sparse deciduous woodlands.
		It encompasses the southern Caspian coastal plain and the northern foothills of the Alborz mountains.
		In humid mountain areas it borders on the zone of mixed sclerophyllous woodlands and conifers (zonobiome IV, e.g., Juniperus and Quercus woodlands) with winter rains; in the south it adjoins low-lying hot deserts and semideserts (zonobiome III, encompassing, for example, subtropical or semidesert scrub in the Persian Gulf region).
	www.iranica.com /articles/v10f1/v10f106b.html (3841 words)

	General Geography of Iran
		Within these mountainous rims lies a series of basins known collectively as the central plateau.
		There are wooded areas in some regions of higher elevation in the Zagros Mountains consisting primarily of oak.
		Many species of mammals-including wolves, foxes, bears, mountain goats, red mountain sheep, rabbits, and gerbils continue to thrive.
	www.destinationiran.com /General_Geography.htm (1164 words)

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		The principal mountain ranges include the Zagros Mountains in the west and south, and the Alborz Mountains in the north.
		As the Zagros Mountains continue into southeastern Iran, the average elevation of the peaks declines dramatically to under 1,500 meters.
		Volcanic Mount Damavand (5,600 meters), located in the center of the Alborz, is the country's highest peak and is the highest mountain on the Eurasian landmass west of the Hindu Kush.
	extension.osu.edu /~ockint/countries/Iran.doc (2932 words)

	Earth Surface Processes Cambridge - Mountains
		Sediment in intramontane basins is prone to prolonged weathering, and its release may control the pattern of sediment delivery to foreland basins.
		In the Alborz mountains of Iran, we have found that intramontane basins are at present the principal sources of sediment.
		With Mahnaz Rezaeian, Mark Allen and Albert Galy, we are working to document the formation, filling and perging of intramontane basins in the Alborz Mountains, and to measure their role in determining the clastic and dissolved fluxes from the mountain belt.
	www.esc.cam.ac.uk /esp/research/mountains/index.html (456 words)

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