ELBURZ

ĕlboorzˈ, mountain range, N Iran, between the Caspian Sea and the central Iranian plateau; rises to 18,606 ft (5,671 m) at Mt. Damavand. The range consists of steep, narrow, parallel ridges crossed only by the Safid Rud, whose valley forms the main trans-Elburz route. The northern slopes of the Elburz are rainy and forested; the southern slope is semiarid. Snowcapped water peaks provide seasonal meltwater, which is used for irrigation and industry.

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books on: Elburz  - 149 results

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Strategy and Politics in the Middle East 1954-1960: Defending the Northern Tier
Book by Michael J. Cohen; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Bagdad Pact, 1955, Central Treaty Organization, Middle East--Politics And Government--1945-1979
...269 MAPS 1 The Middle East and the Northern Tier xiv 2 The mountain ranges: the Taurus, Zagros and Elburz 43 3 The Persian Gulf: Kuwait and the Al-Ahmadi Oil Complex 201 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank...
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Middle East Patterns: Places, Peoples, and Politics
Book by Colbert C. Held, Mildred McDonald Held; Westview Press, 2000
Subjects: Middle East--Geography
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The Pattern of Asia
Book by Norton S. Ginsburg, John E. Brush; Prentice-Hall, 1958
Subjects: Asia
...lakes, swamps, or wastes, or into the Aral or Caspian seas. Into the southern Caspian drain short swift rivers from the Elburz mountains of northern Persia, and from the north, European Russia, come the Ural River and the the giant Volga. Into the...
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Caravan: The Story of the Middle East
Book by Carleton S. Coon; Henry Holt, 1951
Subjects: Middle East
...borders of Turkestan and Afghanistan. This is the Elburz. Between Zagros and Elburz stands the bleak Iranian plateau. The major tectonic...highest mountain in our area is Demavend, in the Elburz within sight of Tehran. Attaining 18,602 feet...
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The History of Iran
Book by Elton L. Daniel; Greenwood Press, 2001
Subjects: Iran--History, Iran--History--20th Century
...two mountain ranges. One of them, the Elburz, extends eastward for some 300 miles around...Kopet Dagh, Binalud, and Hazar Masjid. The Elburz Mountains rise dramatically, like a wall...connects the eastern extremities of the Elburz and Zagros. These three lines of mountains...
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Mountain Geography
Journal article by David Smethurst; The Geographical Review, Vol. 90, 2000
Subjects: Geographical research--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Mountains--Research
...Switzerland / France Pyrenees Spain / France Elburz Mountains Iran / Turkmenistan Tian Shan China / Kazakhstan...
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Iran between East and West
Journal article by Richard W. Bulliet; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 60, 2007
Subjects: Iran--Military policy, Iranian foreign relations, Islamic fundamentalism--International aspects, Islamic fundamentalism--Political aspects, United States foreign relations
...invasion from the west while at the same time threatening Mesopotamia with sudden onrushes of hardy and hungry mountaineers. The Elburz Mountains south of the Caspian Sea in Irans north have served as a similar barrier to external invasion, though, from time to...


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magazine articles on: Elburz  - 9 results

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In Iran
Magazine article by Geoffrey Wawro; American Scholar, Vol. 71, Summer 2002
Subjects: Conduct of life--Personal narratives, Culture--Personal narratives, Iran--Description and travel, Travel--Personal narratives
...descended on Tehran through a noxious haze of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, ozone, and sulfur. The famous panorama of the Elburz Mountains and snow-capped Mount Damavand is seen nowadays through a chemical fog that all but bleaches the peaks from view...
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Life under Islamic Rule - Persian Cultural Traditions Became an Important Part of Islamic Civilization, but Today Iran Struggles to Find Its Identity, Torn between the Desire for Democratic Progress and Adherence to the Laws of Islam
Magazine article by Eva Harnik; World and I, Vol. 17, February 2002
Subjects: Culture--Iran, Iran--Description and travel, Islam--Social aspects, Manners and customs--Iran
...and his son Mohammad Pahlavi, had homes. The beautiful, snowy Elburz Mountains created the backdrop to the large, lush garden and...Qazvin, the bus took us on to Hamadan, between the Zagros and Elburz Mountains. Though the countryside was beautiful, with luxuriant...
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Searching to Noah Vale
Magazine article by Benjamin Radford; Skeptical Inquirer, Vol. 30, November 2006
Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology)--Evaluation, Excavations (Archaeology)--Forecasts and trends, Excavations (Archaeology)--Iran, Excavations (Archaeology)--Turkey, Excavations (Archaeology)--United States, Noah's ark--Discovery and exploration, Noah's ark--Myths and legends
...Search and Exploration (B.A.S.E) Institute, a Christian organization, claimed to have found Noahs Ark at 13,000 feet in the Elburz mountains of Iran. "I cant imagine what it could be if it is not the Ark," said team member Arch Bonnema. They brought back...
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No Room for Refuge
Magazine article by Rob Penn; Geographical, Vol. 73, March 2001
Subjects: Afghanistan--Emigration and immigration, Iran--Economic aspects, Refugees, Afghan--Conduct of life, Taliban--Political activity
...voluntarily." "We are being squeezed out," Mohammed Rahim explained as our bus manoeuvred through the suburbs of Tehran towards the Elburz Mountains. "The Iranians want the jobs for themselves. I have been working in a quarry near Shiraz for six years, then suddenly...
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How Straw Defied the US Hawks: The Foreign Secretary Has Staked His Reputation on Taming the Iranian Mullahs
Magazine article by Anton La Guardia; New Statesman, Vol. 132, October 27, 2003
...Straw was whisked from one former palace to another in Saad Abad--one of the former shahs royal compounds on the slopes of the Elburz Mountains--he appears to have taken a different view: the Islamic revolution is a reality, but the west can help it evolve into...
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Eerie Historical Parallels
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 28, 2005
...i-Sabah, also known as "The Old Man of the Mountain" in the Elburz Mountains of northern Iran. He was born in Qum, southwest of...Marco Polo who visited Sabahs mountain castle at Alamut in the Elburz Mountains. "The patriotism and religious fervor of the average...


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encyclopedia articles on: Elburz  - 9 results

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Elburz
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ELBURZ elboorz , mountain range, N Iran, between the Caspian Sea and the central Iranian plateau; rises...of steep, narrow, parallel ridges crossed only by the Safid Rud, whose valley forms the main trans-Elburz route. The northern slopes of the Elburz are rainy and forested; the southern slope is semiarid. Snowcapped water peaks provide seasonal meltwater...
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Damavand
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DAMAVAND or Demavend both: dem vend, volcanic cone, 18,606 ft (5,671 m) high, in the Elburz range, N Iran. A permanently snow-covered volcano of recent geologic origin, it emits gases and small quantities of sulfurous materials...
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Paropamisus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...PAROPAMISUS par pam is s, p mi s s, mountain range, NW Afghanistan, stretching c.300 mi (480 km) W from the Hindu Kush toward the Elburz Mts. in Iran; rises to c.11,000 ft (3,350 m). Silver and lead deposits are found there. The Murgab and Hari Rud rivers rise...
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Dasht-E Kavir
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
DASHT-E KAVIR dasht-ekaver , great salt desert, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.200 mi (320 km) wide, SE of the Elburz Mts., N central Iran. It is a huge basin of interior drainage named after the kavirs (salt marshes) located there. The Kavir Buzurg...
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Sefid Rud
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...completed in 1962. The Sefid Rud has cut a water gap through the Elburz Mts., capturing two headwater tributaries and widening the valley between the Talesh Hills and the main Elburz range. The gap provides a major route between Tehran and the Caspian...
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