This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Forests of Iran" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR(March 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
Forests of northern Iran
Iran's forests are part of Iran's natural resources. Most of the country's forests are located in the northern regions, on the southern shores of the Caspian Sea. These forests have a temperate humid climate and are extended from the east of Ardabil province to North Khorasan province.[1][clarification needed] They also spread and cover the three provinces of Gilan, Mazandaran, and Golestan. The Alborz mountain range, which is the highest mountain range in the Middle East, stands like a wall against the moisture of the Caspian Sea and prevents the moisture coming into the central regions of Iran; therefore, these clouds are forced to rain in the northern areas of the country leaving the central areas dry and barren.[2]
Forests of northern Iran, Gilan region
There are 3,400,000 hectares of forests on the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and the coastal provinces of the Caspian Sea. Other parts of the country have forests up to three million hectares. Of these forests, only 1.3 million hectares can be used for industrial exploitation, the rest of the forests are not exploited due to lack of proper maintenance or natural damage. According to the records, Iran had many and varied forests from ancient times to the beginning of the eighteenth century. During the Achaemenid period, the expanse of forests in Iran with the current borders reached more than 16 million hectares. Deforestation in Iran began after the Mongol invasion and reached its highest point in the last three centuries. During the Qajar dynasty, about 130,000 tons of charcoal were produced and exported abroad by cutting down the forest trees.[3]
^"FRA 2020 report" (PDF).
^SURFIRAN (2019-07-06). "Iran's Hyrcanian Forests Inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List". SURFIRAN. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
^Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
The Hyrcanian forests (Persian: جنگل های هیرکانی; Azerbaijani: Hirkan meşələri) are a zone of lush lowland and montane forests covering about 55,000 square...
Hara forests. Iran'sforests can be divided into five vegetation regions: Hyrcanian region (Caspian) which forms the green belt of the north side of the...
Mangrove forestsof Qeshm or Hara forestsof Qeshm, are the mangrove forests on the southern coast ofIran, particularly on and near the island of Qeshm...
The president ofIran (Persian: رئیسجمهور ایران, romanized: Rayis Jomhur-e Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic ofIran. The president...
Iran has a very varied climate and a large variety of plants. More than 13 percent of the country is covered by forests. The list below is a just a start...
types offorests that exist in Iran and their respective areas are: Caspian forestsof the northern districts (33,000 km2) Limestone mountainous forests in...
supreme leader ofIran (Persian: رهبر معظم ایران, romanized: Rahbar-e Moazam-e Irân (listen)), also referred to as supreme leader of the Islamic Revolution...
and mixed forests, and include the temperate rain forestsof the Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests ecoregion. Central Asia and the Iranian plateau are...
ecoregions, and with conifer and broadleaf tree mixed coniferous forest ecoregions. These forests are richest and most distinctive in central China and eastern...
official title for the spouse of the president ofIran. The current spouse of the president ofIran is Jamileh Alamolhoda, wife of President Ebrahim Raisi,...
Watershed Management Organization (Former name: Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization) is an Iranian government organisation established in 2002...
Pahlavi Iran, officially the Imperial State of Persia until 1935 and the Imperial State ofIran from 1935 to 1979, was the Iranian state under the rule of the...
Elburz Range forest steppe ecoregion is an arid, mountainous 1,000-kilometer arc south of the Caspian Sea, stretching across northern Iran from the Azerbaijan...
Delazian Tabas Masileh The plateau has historical oak and poplar forests. Oak forests are found around Shiraz. Aspen, elm, ash, willow, walnut, pine, and...
Mossy forests usually develop on the saddles of mountains, where moisture introduced by settling clouds is more effectively retained. Cloud forests are...
monarchs of Persia President ofIran List of presidents ofIran List of vice presidents ofIran List of speakers of the Parliament ofIran "IRANIAN PRIME...
list. The latest addition was the Hyrcanian forests, inscribed in 2019. In addition to its inscribed sites, Iran also lists more than 50 properties on its...
"conversion to forestof land that historically has not contained forests".: 1794 In comparison, reforestation means the "conversion to forestof land that...
understory of mosses, ferns and some shrubs and berries. Temperate rainforests can be temperate coniferous forests or temperate broadleaf and mixed forests. For...
The history ofIran (or Persia, as it was commonly known in the Western world) is intertwined with that of Greater Iran, a sociocultural region spanning...
of the rebel factions. The ousting of Pahlavi, the last Shah ofIran, formally marked the end ofIran's historical monarchy. After the 1953 Iranian coup...
Iran has international borders with 13 sovereign countries, both on land and sea. It has a total of 5,894 km (3,662 mi) land borders with Iraq, Turkey...
Government ofIran (Persian: دولت موقت ايران, romanized: Dowlat-e Movaqat-e Irân) was the first government established in Iran after the Iranian Revolution...
the tropical coniferous forests, occurs in more tropical climates. Temperate coniferous forests are common in the coastal areas of regions that have mild...
Global Information
