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Iran -
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Geography of Iran
Iran is situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian
Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. Iran is one of the world's
most mountainous countries. Its mountains have helped to shape both the
political and the economic history of the country for several centuries. The
mountains enclose several broad basins, or plateaus, on which major agricultural
and urban settlements are located. Until the twentieth century, when major
highways and railroads were constructed through the mountains to connect the
population centers, these basins tended to be relatively isolated from one
another. Typically, one major town dominated each basin, and there were complex
economic relationships between the town and the hundreds of villages that
surrounded it. In the higher elevations of the mountains rimming the basins,
tribally organized groups practiced transhumance, moving with their herds of
sheep and goats between traditionally established summer and winter pastures.
There are no major river systems in the country, and historically transportation
was by means of caravans that followed routes traversing gaps and passes in the
mountains. The mountains also impeded easy access to the Persian Gulf and the
Caspian Sea.
List of
mountains in Iran
This is a list of mountains in the country of Iran.
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