Iran is mainly a semi-arid country where some parts of it has got more water than others. Bodies of water are scattered in different parts of it although the north and south of Iran has got the largest of them all. I should explain each part of Iran separately so that you get a better [...]
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Rivers of Iran
There is a vastly extended network of rivers in Iran most of which seasonally are filled with water. Some permanent rivers run from the Alborz or the Zagros to the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Some temporary rivers either run into a body of water or get dried before reaching any watershed. Here [...]
Mountains of Iran
The whole area of Iran can be divided in to four parts: 1/2 mountains as one part, and 1/4 deserts and 1/4 fertile plains as the other part. There are two major ranges of mountains called the Alborz and the Zagros. The Alborz have been extended all the way from Azerbaijan to Afghanistan passing through [...]
Deserts of Iran
Iran is situated in a high-altitude plateau surrounded by connected ranges of mountains. The well-known deserts of Iran are at two major regions: 1) Dasht-e-Kavir, and 2) Kavir-e-Lut. They are both some of the most arid and maybe hottest areas of their kinds in the world. The desert Pits of Iran Kavir-e-Lut is the largest [...]
General Geography of Iran
Iran is a country in southwestern Asia, located on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. It lies at the easternmost edge of the geographic and cultural region known as the Middle East. The neighbors of Iran are: Armenia and Azerbaijan on the northwest, Turkmenistan on the northeast, Iraq and Turkey on the west, Afghanistan [...]
