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The Zagros Mountains (Persian: کوههای زاگرس, romanized: Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; Arabic: جبال زاغروس, romanized: Jibal Zaghrus; Kurdish: چیاکانی زاگرۆس, romanized: Çiyakanî Zagros; [2][3] Turkish: Zagros Dağları; Luri: Kûya Zagrus کویا زاگرس or کوه یل زاگرس) are a long mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq, and southeastern Turkey.
- Zagros-Gebirge
Das Zagros-Gebirge oder Sagros ist das größte Gebirge Irans,...
- Zagros Mountains forest steppe
The Zagros Mountains forest steppe is a temperate broadleaf...
- Zagros fold and thrust belt
The Zagros fold and thrust belt (Zagros FTB) is an...
- Zagros-Gebirge
Das Zagros-Gebirge oder Sagros ist das größte Gebirge Irans, wobei kleinere Teile sich auch auf dem Gebiet des Irak bzw. der autonomen Region Kurdistan befinden. Es ist Teil des Alpidischen Gebirgssystems. Der höchste Punkt des Zagros ist mit 4409 m der Gipfel des Qasch Mastan oder Bizhan 3 in der Dena-Kette.
- Geography
- Climate
- Flora
- Fauna
- Protected Areas
The Zagros Mountains are a belt of folded mountains formed by the collision of the African Plate with the Eurasian Plate. On the west, south, and east, the mountains are surrounded by deserts and semi-deserts. The dry grasslands, shrublands, and low-lying deserts of Mesopotamia and southern Iran lie to the west, and the plateau deserts of the Irani...
The ecoregion's climate is semi-arid and temperate. Annual precipitation ranges from 400 m to 800 mm, and falls mostly in winter and spring. Summers are hot and dry, and winters are cold, with the coldest winter temperatures dropping below −25 °C (-13 °F). Temperatures are generally warmer and the climate drier at the southern end of the range.
The predominant plant community in the mountains is forest or open woodland of deciduous broadleaf trees, with an understory of steppe shrubs and grasses. Oaks, particularly Persian oak (Quercus brantii), are the characteristic trees, covering over 50% of the Zagros mountains in Iran. Pistachio (Pistacia spp.) forms groves, and grows in association...
The Zagros are home to many threatened and endangered animals, including the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana), Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus), mouflon (Ovis orientalis orientalis), wolf (Canis lupus), striped hyena (Hyena hyena), Blanford's fox (Vulpes cana), and Zagros Mountains mouse-like hamster (Calomyscus bailwardi). Wild ...
A 2017 assessment found that 20,339 km2, or 5%, of the ecoregion is in protected areas.Protected areas include: 1. Arjan and Parishan Protected Area (IUCN category V, 597.8 km2) 2. Bamou National Park (IUCN category II, 486.8 km2) 3. Bakhtegan Wildlife Refuge (IUCN category IV, 2004 km2) 4. Kolahghazi Wildlife Refuge (IUCN category IV, 41.2 km2) 5....
Zagros Mountains, mountain range in southwestern Iran, extending northwest-southeast from the border areas of eastern Turkey and northern Iraq to the Strait of Hormuz. The Zagros range is about 990 miles (1,600 km) long and more than 150 miles (240 km) wide. Situated mostly in what is now Iran, it.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
16. Sept. 2020 · Learn about the Zagros Mountains, a 1300-kilometer range in Iran and Pakistan, where early humans, tribes, and empires lived for thousands of years. Discover the archaeological and genetic evidence of their origins, agriculture, trade, and influence on Mesopotamia and beyond.
Das Dena-Massiv ist ein Teil des sich über 1500 km erstreckenden Zāgros-Gebirges im Iran. Es ist im mittleren Zāgros in der Nähe der Stadt Yasudsch gelegen. Der höchste Gipfel des Massivs ist der 4409 m hohe Qash Mastan, der zugleich auch die höchste Erhebung des gesamten Zāgros-Gebirges ist.
The Zagros fold and thrust belt (Zagros FTB) is an approximately 1,800-kilometre (1,100 mi) long zone of deformed crustal rocks, formed in the foreland of the collision between the Arabian Plate and the Eurasian Plate.
