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 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

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eastern Iran locatedIn Iranian plateau
subject surface form: Eastern Iran
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Rey partOf Iranian plateau
Median forces historicalRegion Iranian plateau
Shahrekord locatedOn Iranian plateau
Vologases IV of Parthia regionRuled Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Silk Road cultural sphere coreRegion Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Yazd Province locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Dasht-e Kavir locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Dasht-e Kavir partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau deserts
The Historic City of Yazd locatedIn Iranian plateau
Sasanian architecture geographicDistribution Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
accession of Cyrus the Great locatedIn Iranian plateau
Qom Province locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Media locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Persian monarchy coreTerritory Iranian plateau
Marvdasht County locatedIn Iranian plateau
plain of Morghab partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Persian plateau
Median language spokenIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Dasht-e Lut partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Lut Desert region partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Elburz Mountains separates Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Susiana connectedTo Iranian plateau
Elamite kingdom of Anshan locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Kerman region partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Sistan partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Isfahan region partOf Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Median Kingdom locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Iraq-i Ajam locatedIn Iranian plateau
Dastgerd partOf Iranian plateau
Median spokenIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Median region Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: northwestern Iranian plateau
central Iran partOf Iranian plateau
subject surface form: Central Iran
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
House of Cyrus territorialExtent Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
historical region of Persian Iraq (Iraq-e Ajam) subregionOf Iranian plateau
subject surface form: Persian Iraq
Iranian dynasties appliesToTerritory Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Hellenization of the Near East hasRegion Iranian plateau
Zand Iran region Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Hecatompylos locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Parthian cavalry operatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Orodes II of Parthia territory Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian plateau (core regions)
Phraates IV of Parthia regionRuled Iranian plateau
Proto-Elamite period locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Jibal locatedIn Iranian plateau
Ancient Iran locatedIn Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau
Elamite cuneiform geographicContext Iranian plateau
this entity surface form: Iranian Plateau