Iranian plateau

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The Iranian plateau is a vast, elevated region in Western and Central Asia that forms the geographic and cultural heartland of Iran and surrounding areas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plateau
averageElevation about 1000 metres
borderedBy Caspian Sea lowlands
linked to: Caspian Depression

Elburz Mountains
Hindu Kush
Indus River plain
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

Kopet Dag
Mesopotamian plain
linked to: Mesopotamia

Persian Gulf coastal plain
Zagros Mountains
climate arid
continental
semi-arid
contains Balochistan Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau

Central Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau

Dasht-e Kavir
Dasht-e Lut
Fars region
linked to: Fars

Isfahan region
Kandahar Plateau
Kerman region
Khorasan region
linked to: Khorasan

Tehran region
linked to: Tehran Province
continent Asia
country Iran
culturalRegionOf Greater Iran
Iran
drainagePattern endorheic basins
economyIncludes dryland agriculture
mining
pastoralism
extendsInto Afghanistan
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Pakistan
Turkey
Turkmenistan
geologicalOrigin collision of Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate
hasFeature alluvial plains
interior basins
mountain ranges
salt deserts
hasHighestPoint Damavand
linked to: Mount Damavand
highestPointElevation 5610 metres
historicallyInhabitedBy Bactrians
Iranian peoples
Medes
Parthians
linked to: Parthian Empire

Persians
Sogdians
knownFor earthquakes
seismic activity
languageFamilyHistoricallyDominant Iranian languages
locatedIn Central Asia
Western Asia
linked to: Middle East
majorCities Isfahan
Kabul
Mashhad
Quetta
Shiraz
linked to: Shiraz, Iran

Tabriz
Tehran
orogeny Alpine orogeny
partOf Alpide belt
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt
Iranian Highlands
linked to: Iranian plateau
separates Mesopotamia from Central Asia
linked to: Mesopotamia
timeZone UTC+03:30 (Iran Standard Time in most of its central area)
wasCoreRegionOf Achaemenid Empire
Parthian Empire
Safavid Empire
Sasanian Empire

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Cyrus the Great territoryRuled Iranian plateau
Judeo-Persian regionOfOrigin Iranian plateau
Silk Road routes passesThrough Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Hellenistic kingdoms territoryIncludes Iranian plateau
Strait of Hormuz nearbyRegion Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Chagai District locatedInRegion Baluchistan Plateau
subject linked to: Chagai
linked to: Iranian plateau
Tehran Province locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Alborz Mountains (southern slopes) separates Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Iranian peoples historicalRegion Iranian plateau
Iranian Azerbaijan locatedOn Iranian plateau
Zagros Mountains naturalRegion Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Ras Koh Hills partOf Balochistan Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Pasargadae locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Persian historicalCenter Iranian plateau
Persian region Iranian plateau
Iranian plateau partOf Iranian Highlands
linked to: Iranian plateau
Iranian plateau contains Central Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Iranian plateau contains Balochistan Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Isfahan partOf Iranian plateau
Parthian Empire locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Sasanian Empire territory Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Hamadan partOf Iranian plateau
Neo-Assyrian expansion hasLocation Iranian plateau
Royal Road crosses Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Rayy locatedIn Iranian plateau
Sefid-Rud countrySubdivision Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Trans-Iranian Railway locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Middle Persian region Iranian Plateau
subject linked to: Middle Persian language
linked to: Iranian plateau
Pars locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Old Iranian languages geographicDistribution Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Persis locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Proto-Iranian language spokenIn Iranian Plateau (prehistoric)
linked to: Iranian plateau
Middle Iranian languages usedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Fars locatedIn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Achaemenid kings territoryIncludes Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Makran coast adjacentTo Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Sulaiman Mountains separates Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Sulaiman Mountains near Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Southern Iran partOf Iranian Plateau (southern edge)
subject linked to: southern Iran
linked to: Iranian plateau
Alborz Province partOf Iranian plateau
Salt Lake Basin partOf Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Trialeti-Vanadzor culture hasTradeConnection Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Lake Urmia locatedOn Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Seljuk invasions appliesToPart Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Islamshahr County geographicRegion Central Plateau of Iran
linked to: Iranian plateau
Ancient Near East includesRegion Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Buyid period locatedIn Iranian plateau
Kerman region Iranian Plateau
linked to: Iranian plateau
Eastern Iraq bordersRegion Iranian plateau
Eastern Iraq formsBoundaryBetween Iranian plateau