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	ELBURZ - LoveToKnow Article on ELBURZ
		The part of the Elburz immediately north of Teheran is known as the Kuh i Shimran (mountain of Shimran, from the name of the Shimran district on its southern slopes) and culminates in the Sari Tochal (12.600 ft.).
		The breadth of the lowlands between the foot of the hills and the sea is from 2 to 25 m., the greatest breadth being in the meridian of Resht in Gilan, and in the districts o~ Amol, Sari and Barfurush in Mazandaran.
		The higher ranges of the Elburz are snow.~capped for the greater part of the year, and some, which are not exposed to the refracted heat from the arid districts of inner Persia, are rarely without snow.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /E/EL/ELBURZ.htm (667 words)

	MSN Encarta - Iran
		In Iranâs northern reaches, a steep, narrow mountain range, the Elburz Mountains, rims the entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea.
		East of the Elburz Mountains is a series of parallel mountain ranges with elevations of 2,400 to 2,700 m (8,000 to 9,000 ft).
		A devastating earthquake centered in the fault zone where the Elburz and Zagros mountains intersect in northwestern Iran killed an estimated 37,000 people in June 1990.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761567300/index.html (1101 words)

	Green Party of Iran - News
		In "The Status and Conservation of the bears of the world" from Christopher Servheen it is estimated, that small numbers of brown bears may still remain in Zagros and Elburz mountains, present status unknown.
		The brown bear ( Ursus arctos) is found on the northern slopes of the hole Elburz mountain range (Caspian forest; about 900 km long and 50-100 km wide), in Iranian Aserbeidschan and in Zagros mountains, a total area of about 200.000 km² out of 1.600.000 km² of Iran.
		No good estimation of population size is possible but at least in the northern part of Elburz and in Arazbaran (part of Aserbeidschan) they are quiet numerous.
	www.iran-e-sabz.org /news/irbear1.html (432 words)

	Livius Picture Archive: Elburz Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the far west, the Elburz touches the Zagros; in the east, it reaches the holy city of Mashad.
		The Elburz is an important climate barrier between the arid central plateau and the moist, north facing slopes and coastal plain.
		The average heighth of the Elburz is about 2750 meters, but many peaks exceed the 4,000 meters and are permanently covered with snow.
	www.livius.org /a/iran/elburz/elburz.html (334 words)

	Scottish Rock Garden Club - >Feature Article
		The north-east-facing slopes of the Elburz mountains and the shores of the Caspian experience a very different climate to that of the rest of Iran.
		With an average rainfall of 1300 mm, it is wet enough in the lowlands to grow rice, and the mountain slopes are clothed in a rich forest of Acer, Alnus, Ailanthus, Buxus, Carpinus, Fagus and Parrotia.
		The Elburz mountains rise very steeply from the Caspian shore, reaching the tree line on the pass west to Asalem at around 1900 m.
	www.srgc.org.uk /monthfeature/march2005/content.html (1402 words)

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	Elburz Mountains - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Elburz Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Volcanic mountain range in northwest Iran, close to the southern shore of the Caspian Sea;; the highest point is Mount Damavand at 5,670 m/18,602 ft.
		To the east the Elburz Mountains are succeeded by a plateau dividing them from the Kopet Dag and Ala Shan.
		The Safid Rud, rising near Sanandaj in Kurdistan, breaks through the Elburz Mountains and enters the Caspian east of Rasht.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Elburz+Mountains (348 words)

	Information on Potato Production in Iran. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Potatoes are also an important crop in the Zagros Mountains which trend southeastward from the western portion of the Elburz range toward the center of Iran.
		In the Elburz Mountains and parts of the Zagros such as Hamadan, planting usually occurs in March or April, but may be delayed till late May in cold years.
		The Gorgon area on the north flank of the Elburz range is favored by a moist, mild climate year round.
	lanra.dac.uga.edu /Potato/mideast/iran.htm (1527 words)

	The Hutchinson Encyclopedia: Elburz Mountains@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Volcanic mountain range in northwest Iran, close to the southern shore of the Caspian Sea; the highest point is Mount Damavand at 5,670 m/18,602 ft.
		The Elburz Mountains consist of a series of narrow, extremely steep folds, with a number of peaks reaching over 3,000 m/9,842 ft, within a distance of 50 km/31 mi from the Caspian shore, which is 27 m/88 ft below sea level.
		The highest peak of the Elburz Mountains is Mount Damavand, a volcanic cone, north of Tehran.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:100093474&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (152 words)

	Elburz Mountains -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The range, most broadly defined, extends in an arc eastward from the frontier with Turkmenistan southwest of the Caspian Sea to the Khorasan region of northeastern Iran, southeast of the Caspian Sea, where the range merges into the Aladagh, the more southerly of the two principal ranges there.
		mountain chain, northwestern Iran, in the northwest section of the Elburz Mountains, extending southeastward from the Azerbaijan border to the lower part of the Safid Rud (Safid River).
		Located in a basin southeast of the Elburz Mountains, it is approximately 240 miles (390 km) wide.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9032241 (682 words)

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	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Iran
		Additional coal mines operate throughout the Elburz Mountains; iron ore mines also exist near ZanjÄn in the northwest, near Mashhad in the northeast, and on Hormuz Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
		An additional 6 percent of the total land is used for pasture.
		Forested areas, found primarily in the Elburz Mountains and the higher elevations of the Zagros Mountains, have declined slightly in recent decades and account for 4.5 percent of the total land area.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761567300___2/Iran.html (1725 words)

	IRAN - climate & water (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The south facing slope is humid and the north facing slope is arid.
		This is why you have to distinguish between the vegetation in the north and the south of the Elburz mountains.
		The vegetation association in the south is built by cypress and juniper.
	www.geographie.uni-stuttgart.de /lehrveranstaltungen/exkursionen/Iran_2004/vegetation1.htm (302 words)

	Caspian Sea, Elburz Mountains, Iran
		Along the southern shore are the rugged, snow-capped Elburz Mountains, with the lowland that separates them from the sea (just left of center) no wider than 25 miles (40 kilometers) at any one point.
		The Elburz 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).
		Discernible is Dasht-e-Kavir (from near left center to near bottom center), a great salt desert and huge basin of interior drainage named after kavirs (salt marshes) that cover large areas within the basin.
	www.parstimes.com /spaceimages/caspian_elburz.html (195 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 Elburz Range Forest Steppe ecoregion occupies the southern and eastern slopes of the Elburz Mountain range in northern Iran.
		The ecoregion is bounded to the north by the Caspian Hyrcanian Mixed Forest ecoregion that occupies the northern and western slopes of the Elburz range and the southern Caspian coastal plain.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/pa/pa0507_full.html (1137 words)

	Breeds of Iraq
		As Louise Firouz states, "Iran's position at the crossroads of the earliest human in migrations with the lush pastures of the Elburz and Zabros mountains and plentiful water, put her in the unique position of having all the natural elements for being the first to selectively breed horses for different uses and specific characteristics.
		A probable explanation of the Caspians presence in the Elburz Mountains is suggested by the wanderings and settlement of a native Iranian tribe.
		The preservation and purity of the breed was due to this fortunate circumstance.
	www.competitivehorse.com /Iraq/Iraqi_breeds.htm (1094 words)

	HighBeam Research: Library Search: Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		ELBURZ [ Elburz], mountain range, N Iran, between the Caspian Sea and the central Iranian...
		The northern slopes of the Elburz are rainy and forested; the southern...
		The highest peak of the Elburz Mountains is Mount Damavand, a volcanic cone, north of...
	www.highbeam.com /library/search.asp?refid=ency_botresults&q=Elburz (483 words)

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		The effective factors behind such a climate are: Alborz (Elburz) mountain range, direction of the mountains, height of the area, neighborhood to the sea, vegetation surface, local winds, altitude and weather fronts.
		It covers the high mountains and northern parts of the Alborz (Elburz) range.
		In the heights, the weather is cold mountainous and most of the precipitation is in the form of snow.
	medlem.spray.se /davidgorgan/Climate.html (151 words)

	AllRefer.com - Elburz, Middle East (Middle Eastern Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Elburz, Middle East (Middle Eastern Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Elburz [elboorz´] Pronunciation Key, mountain range, N Iran, between the Caspian Sea and the central Iranian plateau; rises to 18,606 ft (5,671 m) at Mt. Damavand.
		Snowcapped water peaks provide seasonal meltwater, which is used for irrigation and industry.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/Elburz.html (172 words)

	Scottish Rock Garden Club - >Feature Article
		A number of volcanoes lie dotted along the Elburz Mountains bordering the Caspian Sea and in NW Iran towards the border with Azerbaijan.
		Also in the Elburz Mountains was the very striking Iris acutiloba subsp.
		Earlier in the Zagros and again in the Elburz mountains, we saw Colchicum szovitsii, a very widespread species, commonly growing in snow melt.
	www.srgc.org.uk /monthfeature/august2004/content.html (911 words)

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	Iran by Bicycle
		The 'scenery becomes greenery' rapidly as you head north over the Elburz, as the Caspian sea breezes are quite humid.
		To the south the Elburz rise higher and higher.
		A great surprise was the road back over the Elburz toward Tehran: the Calus pass, as Iranian cyclists call it.
	www.cyclingscholar.com /iran.html (2100 words)

	Zardband :: Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Here, the Northern mountain slopes are inclined towards the Caspian sea, and thus do not only receive abundant rainfall, but also have fog crossing the mountain chain and redescending on the much dryer Southern slopes, oriented towards the desertic central areas of Iran.
		Despite of the still satisfying population density in high altitudes, the populations grows thin in the lower regions of central Elburz.
		In our field study we found the fresh resin of the plants of central Elburz to be of yellow colour, whereas it was white in all other populations.
	www.zardband.com /article_e.asp?type=23&id=23 (2059 words)

	Iran
		Tehrān, Iran’s capital and largest city, lies at the foot of the Elburz Mountains in northern Iran.
		The capital of Iran since 1788, the city was built up and modernized during the reign of the Pahlavi dynasty, which lasted from 1925 until 1979.
		Logging takes place primarily in the forests of the Elburz Mountains, where various deciduous and conifer trees are harvested for construction, furniture, pulp, industrial uses, and fuel.
	www.arab-world-information.com /iran.htm (11645 words)

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	Iransaga - Persian Art, Marlik
		Considerable riches were brought to light by an Iranian expedition in 1961 - these include golden vases and goblets, silver vessels, bronze artifacts, ceramics and weapons.
		The contrast of this area with the desert that stretches away to the south of the Elburz Mountains is dramatic.
		This place may not be well endowed with spectacular monuments, but it is rich in treasure filled tombs.
	www.art-arena.com /marlik.html (236 words)

	Geography
		These basins, ranging from about 1,200 to 1,500 m (4,000 to 5,000 ft) in elevation, contain fertile soil that traditionally has sustained diverse and intensive crop cultivation.
		The most devastating earthquake, centered in the fault zone where the Elburz and Zagros mountains intersect, killed an estimated 40,000 people in June 1990.
		Iran also has valuable deposits of aluminum, chromite, gold, manganese, silver, tin, and tungsten, as well as various gemstones, such as amber, agate, lapis lazuli, and turquoise.
	www.hekmat.net /iran/geography.htm (2004 words)

	Iran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Iranian plateau is surrounded on all sides by mountains: the Elburz ranges on the north and the Zagros on the west and south.
		In the higher parts these mountains rise to between 3,000 m/10,000 ft and 4,600 m/15,000 ft, so that winter snows feed many of the country's rivers.
		With the exception of the northern slopes of the Elburz Mountains and the Caspian coastlands, rainfall is confined to the winter and spring months.
	www.exploreworldwide.com /weather_country/WWG00860.htm (503 words)

	Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Debriefing with Crewmembers, 24 April, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Elburz Mountains lie south of the bay.
		Iran: Elburz Mountains, Iran, and the more precipitous southern shore of the Caspian.
		Thrust-faulted ridges are clearly visible in the northern foreland of Elburz Mountains.
	eol.jsc.nasa.gov /debrief/STS102/iran1.htm (219 words)

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