Talysh Mountains
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| File:Talış dağları, Lerik rayonu ərazisi.jpg Talysh Mountains, Lerik District | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Kömürgöy |
| Elevation | 2,493 m (8,179 ft) |
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Talysh Mountains (Azerbaijani: Talış dağları, Persian: کوههای تالش, romanized: kuh-hâye tâleš, Talysh: Tolışə bandon) is a mountain range in far southeastern Azerbaijan and far northwestern Iran within Ardabil Province and Gilan Province.[1]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The Talysh Mountains extend southeastward from the Lankaran Lowland in southeastern Azerbaijan to the lower part of the Sefid Rud (White River) in northwestern Iran.
A few peaks rise above 10,000 ft (3,000 m).
Geology
[edit | edit source]Geologically, the Talish Mountain Range is made mainly of the Late Cretaceous volcano-sedimentary deposits with a strip of Paleozoic rocks and a band of Triassic and Jurassic rocks in the southern parts, both in a north-west-southeast direction.[2]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]The maximum annual precipitation in the Talysh Mountains is between 1,600 mm to 1,800 mm, which along the Lankaran Lowland is the highest precipitation in both Azerbaijan and Iran. The humid semi-subtropical coastal lowlands along the Caspian Sea, including the Lankaran Lowland, lie at the eastern base of the mountains.[3]
The Talysh Mountains are covered by lowland and montane forests. The area is part of the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests ecoregion.[4]
The Caspian tiger used to occur in the Talysh Mountains.[5]
Gallery
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See also
[edit | edit source]- Lankaran Lowland — see for map of range
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Microsoft Encarta World Atlas 2001, Microsoft Corporation
- ^ Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir
- ^ Encyclopædia Britannica
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- Alborz (mountain range)
- Mountain ranges of Azerbaijan
- Mountain ranges of Iran
- Landforms of Ardabil province
- Landforms of Gilan province
- Astara District
- Lankaran District
- Lerik District
- Yardimli District
- Late Cretaceous Asia
- Azerbaijan geography stubs
- Ardabil province geography stubs
- Gilan province geography stubs