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.

See also

References

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  1. Rawlinson, George. 2002. The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World (Vol. 2: Babylonia, Media and Persia)
  2. Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
  3. Glaciers of Iran
  4. Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir

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