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While the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains are usually semiarid or arid, with irregular and low precipitation, the northern slopes of the range are usually humid, especially in the western parts of the Central Alborz. The Alborz is the easternmost extent of many European plant species. In the
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began, therefore, with Eocene volcanism in southwestern and south-central parts of the Alborz, and continued with the uplift and folding of the older sedimentary rocks in the northwestern, central and eastern parts of the range, during the most important orogenic phases, which date from the Miocene
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remains and sparse stone artifacts at the site indicates that Darband primarily represents a bear den. The co-occurrence of artifacts and bear bones does not imply human predation or scavenging. Because there are no clear cut marks, except a few burning signs on the bear bones, they probably
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Berillon G., Asgari Khaneghah A. (dir.) 2016. Garm Roud : une halte de chasse en Iran, Paléolithique supérieur, Garm Roud : Hunting place in Iran, Upper Paleolithic. Prigonrieux : @rchéo-éditions,
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volcano-sedimentary deposits, with a strip of Paleozoic rocks and a band of Triassic and Jurassic rocks in the southern parts, both in a northwest–southeast direction. As the
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are found mainly in the southwestern and south-central parts of the range. The far northwestern part of the Alborz, that constitutes the Western Alborz Range or the
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Biglari, F. (2019). Lower and Middle Paleolithic Occupation of the Northern Alborz and Talesh, South of the Caspian Sea. Tourism Research, 1(3), 90-106 (access:
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and, in much smaller amounts, in the central and western parts of the Central Alborz Range. The central part of the Central Alborz Range is formed mainly of
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Biglari, F., V. Jahani 2011 The Pleistocene Human Settlement in Gilan, Southwest Caspian Sea: Recent Research, Eurasian Prehistory 8 (1-2): 3-28
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and their final collision, the Iranian Plate was pressed from both sides. The collisions finally caused the folding of the Upper Paleozoic,
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is the dominant form of vegetation in some valleys, while olive trees grow in the western valleys of the Central Alborz near the
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in different places across the range. Some of them, according to ski enthusiasts, are among the best in the world.
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and Kiaram cave and number of other surveyed sites. Evidence for Modern human comes from a river side site called
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strata that are composed mainly of limestones. In the Eastern Alborz Range, the far eastern section is formed by
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were most probably were present in the region as their fossil have been found at northwest of Alborz, in the
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rocks, while the northwestern section of the range is mainly composed of Jurassic rocks. Very thick beds of
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evidence from Alborz indicates that early human groups were present in the region since at least late
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compound, and have been speculatively identified, at one time or another, as the legendary mountain
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and Jurassic) rocks, while the western part of the Eastern Alborz Range is made primarily of
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is the most common tree in inaccessible areas and at high elevation, while common
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are among important animals and birds found in the Alborz Mountains. The extinct
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The Alborz mountain range forms a barrier between the south Caspian and the
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Alborz Mountain Milky Way (3 May 2008)
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Alborz mountains in Amol county, Mazandaran, Iran. taken from Haraz road
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The peaks with altitude of 3800 m - 4000 m, with at least 300 meters of
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Due to the snowy winters of the Alborz Mountains, there are several
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North, S.J.R., Guide to Biblical Iran, Rome 1956, p. 50
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and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge
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containing coal seams. Marine conditions are reflected by
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seem to identify the range with the dwelling place of the
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in the world and the second most prominent in Asia after
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The Alborz four-thousanders with at least 300 meters of
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and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller
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were discovered by a group of archaeologists of the
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Unsourced material may be challenged and 3359:Tourist attractions in Mazandaran province 2884: 2823: 2809: 2801: 2630: 2616: 2608: 36: 722:Learn how and when to remove this message 490:Learn how and when to remove this message 1914: 1653: 1327: 981: 2427: 525:core. Continental conditions regarding 294:"high", the ancestor of modern Persian 1646:The peaks with at least 1000 meters of 384:('Masters of the Heart'). In his epic 345:Alborz Mountain range seen from Tehran 290:is the feminine form of the adjective 249:Damavand, the highest summit of Alborz 190:along the western and entire southern 3354:Tourist attractions in Gilan province 2514:from the original on 20 February 2021 1896:, a mountain in Alborz mountain range 7: 865:also lived in the Alborz Mountains. 700:adding citations to reliable sources 468:adding citations to reliable sources 920:. The presence of large numbers of 416:. All these names reflect the same 163: 762:. But in the northern slopes, the 241:Alborz on a geographic map of Iran 186:that stretches from the border of 14: 941:. Their stone tools found in the 568:situated in the southeast of the 356:'s view to the city and mountains 3339:Mountains of Mazandaran province 3273: 3272: 2598:Maps, Photos and a List of peaks 2566: 2551: 2537: 2386:List of Iranian four-thousanders 672: 529:are reflected by thick Devonian 440: 121: 114: 45: 2446:from the original on 2019-09-03 764:Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests 16:Mountain range in northern Iran 3334:Landforms of Golestan province 318:"protect". 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Index

Mount Erebus
Mount Elbrus
Alborz (disambiguation)

Mount Damavand
Coordinates
35°57′20″N 52°06′36″E / 35.95556°N 52.11000°E / 35.95556; 52.11000
Alborz is located in Iran
listen
Persian
mountain range
Iran
Azerbaijan
coast
Caspian Sea
Aladagh Mountains
Kopet Dag
Khorasan
Alpide belt
Talysh
Mount Damavand
Mount Damavand
12th most prominent peak
Mount Everest


Harā Barazaitī
Avesta
Zoroastrianism
Proto-Iranian

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