What is Zagros Mountains?
[[Image:Zagros 1992.jpg|240px|thumb|The Zagros Mountains from space, September 1992 <ref>{{cite web |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17245 |title=Salt Dome in the Zagros Mountains, Iran |work=NASA Earth Observatory |accessdate=2006-04-27 |archive-date=2008-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923003014/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=17245 |url-status=dead }}</ref>]] The '''Zagros Mountains''' ({{lang-ku|Zagros - زاگرۆس}}, {{lang-fa|رشته كوههاى زاگرس}}), make up [[Iran]]'s and [[Iraq]]'s largest [[mountain range]]. They have a total length of 1&nbsp;500&nbsp;km. The north end is in northwestern Iran and they run near the border with [[Iraq]] and along the north coast of the [[Persian Gulf]]. The mountain range ends at the [[Straits of Hormuz]]. The highest points in the Zagros Mountains are [[Zard Kuh]] (4&nbsp;548&nbsp;m) and Mt. [[Dena]] (4&nbsp;359&nbsp;m). The Zagros region is an important part of Persian Gulf oil production. ==Related pages== * [[Taurus mountains]] == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * ''Zagros'', Photos from Iran, [http://www.livius.org/a/iran/zagros/zagros.html ''Livius''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121162004/http://www.livius.org/a/iran/zagros/zagros.html |date=2007-11-21 }}. * [http://www.dionysia4u.com The genus Dionysia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204055011/http://www.dionysia4u.com/ |date=2019-12-04 }} * [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ht/02/wai/ht02wai.htm Iran, Timeline of Art History] * [http://www.usfca.edu/westciv/Mesochro.html Mesopotamia 9000 - 500 B.C.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070224180456/http://www.usfca.edu/westciv/Mesochro.html |date=2007-02-24 }} {{coord|33|40|N|47|00|E|region:IR_type:mountain|display=title}} {{multistub|Geo|Asia}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Geography of Iran]] [[Category:Geography of Iraq]] [[Category:Mountain ranges of Asia]]