There aren’t any mountain ranges in my hometown. In Tehran,
however, the Alborz mountain range is a typical sight:
The Alborz “is a
mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Azerbaijan and
Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in
the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.[1] The highest
mountain in West Asia, Mount Damavand, Amol, Mazandaran is located in the
range.
The Alborz mountain range forms a barrier between the south
Caspian and the Qazvin-Tehran plateau. It is only 60–130 km wide and consists
of sedimentary series dating from Upper Devonian to Oligocene, prevalently
Jurassic limestone over a granite core. Its higher elevations, in the Elburz
Range forest steppe ecoregion, are arid with few trees, but its northern
slopes, in the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests ecoregion, are lush and forested”
(Wiki: Alborz).
I will miss seeing this beautiful mountain range.
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