Geography

Geography of Iran is a very interesting topic to read. Iran is a vast country, the 2nd largest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia, with more parts of its lands being inhabitable.

Natural Effects in Iranian Geography

Iran isn’t all deserts. It’s not all forests. It’s not all mountains. In fact, it has all of them in one country! Therefore, the climate could be quite different from place to place.

In some areas like north and west, there are high mountain ranges with the highest percentage of population concentration. In central Iran, there are arid and semi-arid areas where water sources are scarce and people have inhabited these areas less than the previously mentioned parts.

Northen mountains, The Alborz, block the humidity coming from the Caspian Sea and the Western mountains, The Zagros, block the humidity from The Mediterranea. That’s’ why central Iran is deprived of sufficient humidity.

Topic to Cover at Iran Geography

We need to learn about the seas, lakes, gulfs, and rivers in Iran. Also, we need to know about the deserts and mountains in Iran. So, follow this category and you will find more information here.

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Bodies of Water in Iran: Sea, Gulf & Lakes

Iran is mainly a semi-arid country where some parts of it have got more water than others. Bodies of water…
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Rivers of Iran

There is a vastly extended network of rivers in Iran most of which seasonally is filled with water. Some permanent…
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Mountains of Iran

The whole area of Iran can be divided into four parts: 1/2 mountains as one part, and 1/4 deserts and…
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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…
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General Geography of Iran

Iran is a country in southwestern Asia, located on the eastern side of the Persian Gulf. It lies at the…
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Bodies of Water in Iran: Sea, Gulf & Lakes
Iran is mainly a semi-arid country where some parts of it have got more water than others. Bodies of water are scattered in different parts of it although the north and south of Iran have got the largest of them all. I should explain a little about the Geography of Iran separately so that you get a better idea about it. Persian Gulf, Largest Body of Water in the South With an area of 232,850km, Persian Gulf is situated in the south of Iran. It is almost 900km long from the Strait of Hormoz to Arvand Rud, the border river between Iran and Iraq. Among all Iran bodies of water in Iran, this is the most famous one. The countries all around the Persian Gulf, except for Iran at its north and east, are Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. The Persian Gulf is one of the warmest bodies of water in the entire Middle East. During summer, the temperature of the water in this gulf amounts to 65 C. Storms rarely happen there. During winter, the salt rate gets to 48/1000, which is relatively high. Rocky or coral areas suitable for pearls lie at the …
Rivers of Iran
There is a vastly extended network of rivers in Iran most of which seasonally is filled with water. Some permanent rivers run from the Alborz or the Zagros to the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Some temporary rivers either run into a body of water or get dried before reaching any watershed. Here are the watersheds of Iran and the rivers emptying into each of them: Caspian Sea Watershed for Iran Rivers The major rivers running into the Caspian Sea in Iranian shorelines flow from the northern Alborz attitudes like Aras, Sefid Rud, Chalus, Haraz, Se Hezar, Babol, Talar, Tajan, Gorgan, Atrak, Qarasu, and Neka. Aras runs as long as 950km inside Iran before getting to the Caspian Sea. It also irrigates many areas like Moghan Plain at the NW of Iran. Sefid Rud is said to be 600-780km long from where it originates, Kurdistan Mountains. Gilan plain is a fertile area thanks to Sefid Rud. Fish is farmed in this river. Chalus River is another important river in the north of Iran for fish farming. Haraz is a 150km long river irrigating a large plain in Mazandaran province before getting to the Caspian Sea. Trout is …
Mountains of Iran
The whole area of Iran can be divided into 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 the southern part of the Caspian Sea. The Zagros have covered a region from Azerbaijan to the west and SE of the country. These two ranges function as walls blocking meteorological phenomena from entering inside central Iran. In addition to these ranges, there are mountainous regions in central and eastern Iran. The Mountains of Iran at the North 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). Sahand Mountains are located at the NW of Iran with the highest peak 3710m ASL. Sabalan Mountains are located at the NW Iran with the highest peak 4811m ASL. Talesh Mountains are located at the south of the Caspian Sea with their highest peak called “Aq Dagh”, 3200m ASL. The Alborz Massif The highest and widest area within the …
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 aridest and maybe hottest areas of their kinds in the world. The desert Pits of Iran Kavir-e-Lut is the largest pit inside the Iranian plateau and probably one of the largest ones in the world. Kavir-e-Lut is a pit formed by broken layers of the earth. The maximum annual rainfall is approximately 100 mm there. The average altitude of this desert is almost 600 m above sea level (ASL) and the lowest point near “khabis” is almost 300m ASL. In Kavir-e-Lut, the large amount of sand is always moving southward forming sand hills and running sand masses. Dasht-e-Kavir is a geological pit almost at the north of Kavir-e-Lut. The minimum altitude of this desert is 400 m ASL. The major part of Dasht-e-Kavir is covered by sand and pebbles and exposed to strong winds and storms that set salt-combined sand in motion like sea waves. At times, this phenomenon forms long sandhills of 40m high. From the structural point of view, Dasht-e-Kavir is very much different from …
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. To begin to know the geography of Iran better, let’s start with the neighbors of this country: The neighbors of Iran are Armenia and Azerbaijan on the northwest, Turkmenistan on the northeast, Iraq, and Turkey on the west, Afghanistan, and Pakistan on the east. Iran is the second largest country in the Middle East, after Saudi Arabia. It extends over a total area of 1,648,000 sq km. The country is almost triangle-shaped with its longest side extending from the border with Turkey in the northwest to the border with Pakistan in the southeast as long as 2,500 km. More than half of Iran’s international border of 4,430 km is coastline, including 740 km along the Caspian Sea in the north and 1,700 km along the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea in the south. Bandar-e-Abbas is the largest harbor in the south of Iran located on the Strait of Hormoz, the narrow passage separating the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea through which tens of oil tankers are heading …

Bodies of Water in Iran: Sea, Gulf & Lakes

Rivers of Iran

Mountains of Iran

Deserts of Iran

General Geography of Iran