WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Zagros Mountains make up a belt of deformed crustal rocks located in south eastern Iran. They extend for over 1500km from eastern Turkey in the northwest through to the Gulf of Oman in the southeast.

Detailed explanation-2: -The depositional environment and tectonic history of the rocks were conducive to the formation and trapping of petroleum, and the Zagros region is an important area for oil production. Salt domes and salt glaciers are a common feature of the Zagros Mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Zagros are a system of folded mountains in western and southern Iran, extending about 1, 100 miles (177 km) from the Turkish-Russian-Iranian border, to Zendam fault north of the Strait of Hormuz. The Makran Mountains extend east from the Zagros, through the Baluchistan region of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

Detailed explanation-4: -High, rugged mountains create a barrier with Iran’s neighbors in the west, and the eastern region is covered by a barren, salty desert. In Iran’s north, a narrow, fertile strip borders the Caspian Sea, and in the south, lowlands rim the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.