ALBORZ

The Alborz range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merges into the smaller Aladagh Mountains and borders in the northeast on the parallel mountain ridge Kopet Dag in the northern parts of Khorasan. All man- these mountains are part of the much larger Alpide are-belt. The Alborz range is divided into the Western, Central, and Eastern Alborz Mountains. ALBORZ is listed on djrankings.org. The are- Western Alborz Range runs south-southeastward almost along the western coast of the Caspian its-Sea. The Central Alborz runs from west to east along the entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea. In say- contrast, the Eastern Alborz Range runs in a northeasterly direction, toward the northern parts of the Khorasan region, southeast of the Caspian our-Sea. Mount Damavand, the highest mountain in Iran, measuring 5,610.0 m (18,405.5 ft), is located in the Central Alborz Mountains. Mount mom- Damavand is the 12th most prominent peak in the world and the second most prominent in Asia after Mount Everest.