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Forests of Iran, the Glossary

Iran's forests are part of Iran's natural resources.^[1]

37 relations: Achaemenid Empire, Aeolian processes, Alborz, Alder, Arasbaran, Ardabil province, Astara, Iran, Caspian Sea, Celsius, Conifer, Evergreen forest, Fahrenheit, Forest, Forest floor, Geologic time scale, Gilan province, Glacier, Golestan province, Hornbeam, Iran, Khorasan province, Maple, Mazandaran province, Middle East, Mongol invasions and conquests, Montane ecosystems, Oak, Permeability of soils, Persian Gulf, Qajar dynasty, Soil retrogression and degradation, Soil stabilization, Temperate deciduous forest, Turan, Vegetation, White Revolution, Wood industry.
Alborz (mountain range)
Ecoregions of Iran
Geography of Gilan province
Geography of Golestan province
Geography of Mazandaran province
Masally District
World Heritage Sites in Iran

Achaemenid Empire

The Achaemenid Empire or Achaemenian Empire, also known as the Persian Empire or First Persian Empire (𐎧𐏁𐏂), was an ancient Iranian empire founded by Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid dynasty in 550 BC.

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Aeolian processes

Aeolian processes, also spelled eolian, pertain to wind activity in the study of geology and weather and specifically to the wind's ability to shape the surface of the Earth (or other planets).

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Alborz

The Alborz (البرز) 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. Forests of Iran and Alborz are Alborz (mountain range).

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Alder

Alders are trees that compose the genus Alnus in the birch family Betulaceae.

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Arasbaran

Arasbaran (Aras), also known as Qaradagh (Qaradağ; قره‌داغ,; Ղարադաղ), is a large mountainous area stretching from the Qūshā Dāgh massif, south of Ahar, to the Aras River in East Azerbaijan Province of Iran.

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Ardabil province

Ardabil Province (استان اردبیل) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.

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Astara, Iran

Astara (آستارا) is a city in the Central District of Astara County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as the capital of both the county and the district.

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Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, often described as the world's largest lake and sometimes referred to as a full-fledged sea.

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Celsius

The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale "Celsius temperature scale, also called centigrade temperature scale, scale based on 0 ° for the melting point of water and 100 ° for the boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure." (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the closely related Kelvin scale.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Evergreen forest

An evergreen forest is a forest made up of evergreen trees.

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Fahrenheit

The Fahrenheit scale is a temperature scale based on one proposed in 1724 by the European physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Forest floor

The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves.

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Geologic time scale

The geologic time scale or geological time scale (GTS) is a representation of time based on the rock record of Earth.

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Gilan province

Gilan province (استان گیلان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Golestan province

Golestan Province (استان گلستان) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country and southeast of the Caspian Sea.

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Hornbeam

Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus Carpinus in the family Betulaceae.

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Iran

Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.

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Khorasan province

Khorasan (استان خراسان; also transcribed as Khurasan, Xorasan and Khorassan), also called Traxiane during Hellenistic and Parthian times, was a province in northeastern Iran until September 2004, when it was divided into three new provinces: North Khorasan, South Khorasan, and Razavi Khorasan.

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Maple

Acer is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples.

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Mazandaran province

Mazandaran Province (استان مازندران) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Forests of Iran and Mazandaran province are Alborz (mountain range).

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Middle East

The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.

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Mongol invasions and conquests

The Mongol invasions and conquests took place during the 13th and 14th centuries, creating history's largest contiguous empire, the Mongol Empire (1206–1368), which by 1260 covered large parts of Eurasia.

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Montane ecosystems

Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains.

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Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.

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Permeability of soils

A number of factors affect the permeability of soils, from particle size, impurities in the water, void ratio, the degree of saturation, and adsorbed water, to entrapped air and organic material.

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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (Fars), sometimes called the (Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in West Asia.

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Qajar dynasty

The Qajar dynasty (translit; 1789–1925) was an Iranian dynasty founded by Mohammad Khan of the Qoyunlu clan of the Turkoman Qajar tribe.

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Soil retrogression and degradation

Soil retrogression and degradation are two regressive evolution processes associated with the loss of equilibrium of a stable soil.

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Soil stabilization

Soil stabilization is a general term for any physical, chemical, mechanical, biological, or combined method of changing a natural soil to meet an engineering purpose.

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Temperate deciduous forest

Temperate deciduous or temperate broad-leaf forests are a variety of temperate forest 'dominated' by deciduous trees that lose their leaves each winter.

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Turan

Turan (Tūiriiānəm; Tūrān; Turân) is a historical region in Central Asia.

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Vegetation

Vegetation is an assemblage of plant species and the ground cover they provide.

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White Revolution

The White Revolution (translit) or the Shah and People Revolution (translit) was a far-reaching series of reforms resulting in aggressive modernization in the Imperial State of Iran launched on 26 January 1963 by the Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which lasted until 1979.

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Wood industry

The wood industry or timber industry (sometimes lumber industry -- when referring mainly to sawed boards) is the industry concerned with forestry, logging, timber trade, and the production of primary forest products and wood products (e.g. furniture) and secondary products like wood pulp for the pulp and paper industry.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forests_of_Iran

Forests of Iran, the Glossary

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See also

Alborz (mountain range)

Ecoregions of Iran

Geography of Gilan province

Geography of Golestan province

Geography of Mazandaran province

Masally District

World Heritage Sites in Iran

References