Zard-Kuh
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Zard-Kuh (meaning "Yellow Mountain", also spelled Zardkuh, Zarduh Kuh[1] or Zard Kuh-e Bakhtiari; Persian: زردکوه بختیاری) is a sub-range in the central Zagros Mountains, Iran.
With an elevation of Script error: No such module "convert"., its highest peak "Kolonchin" is located in the Kuhrang County, in the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province of Iran.[2] The Karun and also Zayanderud rivers originate in the Zagros Mountains near the Zard-Kuh. There are small glaciers on the mountain owing to the relatively high precipitation, which are the only glaciers in the subtropics outside the Himalayas, Andes and Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.[3]
Geologically, the Zard-Kuh is situated in the Sanandaj-Sirjan geologic and structural zone of Iran and is mainly made of Cretaceous limestone.[4]
The documentary Grass captures on film the Bakhtiari tribe's crossing of Zard-Kuh.
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References
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- ↑ Rawlinson, George. 2002. The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World (Vol. 2: Babylonia, Media and Persia)
- ↑ Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
- ↑ Glaciers of Iran
- ↑ Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir
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