Iranian plateau

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geographical region plateau

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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Statements (73)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region → plateau →
averageElevation	about 1000 metres →
borderedBy	Caspian Sea lowlands → Elburz Mountains → Hindu Kush → Indus River plain → Kopet Dag → Mesopotamian plain → Persian Gulf coastal plain → Zagros Mountains →
climate	arid → continental → semi-arid →
contains	Balochistan Plateau → Central Iranian Plateau → Dasht-e Kavir → Dasht-e Lut → Fars region → Isfahan region → Kandahar Plateau → Kerman region → Khorasan region → Tehran region →
continent	Asia →
country	Iran →
culturalRegionOf	Greater Iran → Iran →
drainagePattern	endorheic basins →
economyIncludes	dryland agriculture → mining → pastoralism →
extendsInto	Afghanistan → Azerbaijan → Iraq → Pakistan → Turkey → Turkmenistan NERFINISHED →
geologicalOrigin	collision of Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate →
hasFeature	alluvial plains → interior basins → mountain ranges → salt deserts →
hasHighestPoint	Damavand →
highestPointElevation	5610 metres →
historicallyInhabitedBy	Bactrians → Iranian peoples → Medes → Parthians → Persians → Sogdians →
knownFor	earthquakes → seismic activity →
languageFamilyHistoricallyDominant	Iranian languages →
locatedIn	Central Asia → Western Asia →
majorCities	Isfahan → Kabul → Mashhad → Quetta NERFINISHED → Shiraz → Tabriz → Tehran →
orogeny	Alpine orogeny →
partOf	Alpide belt → Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → Iranian Highlands →
separates	Mesopotamia from Central Asia →
timeZone	UTC+03:30 (Iran Standard Time in most of its central area) →
wasCoreRegionOf	Achaemenid Empire → Parthian Empire → Safavid Empire → Sasanian Empire →

Referenced by (25)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Parthian Empire ("Iranian Plateau") → Pasargadae ("Iranian Plateau") → Rayy → Tehran Province ("Iranian Plateau") →	locatedIn
Hamadan → Iranian plateau ("Iranian Highlands") → Isfahan → Ras Koh Hills ("Balochistan Plateau") →	partOf
Iranian plateau ("Central Iranian Plateau") → Iranian plateau ("Balochistan Plateau") →	contains
Royal Road ("Iranian Plateau") →	crosses
Neo-Assyrian expansion →	hasLocation
Persian →	historicalCenter
Iranian peoples →	historicalRegion
Chagai District ("Baluchistan Plateau") →	locatedInRegion
Iranian Azerbaijan →	locatedOn
Zagros Mountains ("Iranian Plateau") →	naturalRegion
Strait of Hormuz ("Iranian Plateau") →	nearbyRegion
Silk Road routes ("Iranian Plateau") →	passesThrough
Persian →	region
Judeo-Persian →	regionOfOrigin
Alborz Mountains (southern slopes) ("Iranian Plateau") →	separates
Sasanian Empire ("Iranian Plateau") →	territory
Hellenistic kingdoms →	territoryIncludes
Cyrus the Great →	territoryRuled