Iranian plateau

E66067
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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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Iranian Plateau 54
Iranian plateau canonical 31
Balochistan Plateau 2

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
averageElevation about 1000 metres ⓘ
borderedBy Caspian Depression ⓘ
surface form: Caspian Sea lowlands

Elburz Mountains ⓘ
Hindu Kush ⓘ
Indo-Gangetic Plain ⓘ
surface form: Indus River plain

Kopet Dag ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian plain

Persian Gulf coastal plain ⓘ
Zagros Mountains ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
continental ⓘ
semi-arid ⓘ
contains Iranian plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Balochistan Plateau

Iranian plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Central Iranian Plateau

Dasht-e Kavir ⓘ
Dasht-e Lut ⓘ
Fars ⓘ
surface form: Fars region

Isfahan region ⓘ
Kandahar Plateau ⓘ
Kerman region ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khorasan region

Tehran Province ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
geologicalOrigin collision of Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
hasFeature alluvial plains ⓘ
interior basins ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
salt deserts ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Damavand ⓘ
surface form: Damavand
highestPointElevation 5610 metres ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy Bactrians ⓘ
Iranian peoples ⓘ
Medes ⓘ
Parthian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Parthians

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

Tabriz ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ
orogeny Alpine orogeny ⓘ
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpide belt

Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
Iranian plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Iranian Highlands
separates Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: 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 (97)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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