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Zagros Mountains

Range Type	Mountain range with well-recognized name
Highest Point	Zard Kuh (4548 m/14,921 ft)
Countries	Iran (83%), Iraq (17%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	533,512 sq km / 205,989 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,280 km / 795 mi North-South 1,296 km / 805 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	31° 57' N; 50° 8' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Zagros Mountains
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Zagros Mountains.

Asia	Level 1 (Parent)
Anatolia	Level 2 (Sibling)
Levant Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Zagros Mountains	Level 2
Northern Zagros	Level 3 (Child)
North Central Zagros	Level 3 (Child)
South Central Zagros	Level 3 (Child)
Southern Zagros	Level 3 (Child)
Iranian Plateau	Level 2 (Sibling)
Arabian Peninsula	Level 2 (Sibling)
Central Asia Ranges	Level 2 (Sibling)
Tien Shan	Level 2 (Sibling)
Tibet and Central China	Level 2 (Sibling)
Himalaya	Level 2 (Sibling)
Indian Subcontinent	Level 2 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Zagros Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Zard Kuh	4548	14,921	North Central Zagros
2.	Dena	4409	14,465	South Central Zagros
3.	Oshtoran Kuh	4139	13,579	North Central Zagros
4.	Kuh-e Gereh	3990	13,091	South Central Zagros
5.	Kuh-e Bul	3943	12,936	South Central Zagros
6.	Kuh-e Darabshah	3900	12,795	North Central Zagros
7.	Kuh-e Hezar Darreh	3880	12,730	South Central Zagros
8.	Menar	3750	12,303	North Central Zagros
9.	Kuh-e Rag	3661	12,011	South Central Zagros
10.	Kuh-e Garin	3630	11,909	Northern Zagros
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range3
1.	Zard Kuh	4548	14,921	North Central Zagros
2.	Dena	4409	14,465	South Central Zagros
3.	Kuh-e Garin	3630	11,909	Northern Zagros
4.	Kuh-e Fareghan	3240	10,630	Southern Zagros

Photos of Peaks in the Zagros Mountains

Zard Kuh

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Start of the hiking between thistles (2017-06-27). Photo by Reza Babri.
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