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Sabalan or Savalan (native: ساوالان) is an inactive stratovolcano in northwestern Iran located in Ardabil province.[1]

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  1. 41 relations: Acclimatization, Alam-Kuh, Alps, Andesite, Ardabil, Ardabil dialect, Ardabil province, Climbing, Continental climate, Eocene, Glacier, Hiking, Holocene, Hot spring, Igneous rock, Iran, List of mountain peaks by prominence, List of mountains in Iran, List of ultras of West Asia, List of volcanoes in Iran, Meshginshahr, Mineral water, Miocene, Mont Blanc, Mount Damavand, Mountain pass, Mountaineering, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Rock glacier, Sareyn, Sareyn County, Scrambling, Ski resort, Snow, Spring (hydrology), Stratovolcano, Tehran, Ultra-prominent peak, United States Geological Survey, Volcanic crater lake.

  2. Alborz (mountain range)
  3. Four-thousanders of the Alborz
  4. Landforms of Ardabil province
  5. Miocene stratovolcanoes
  6. Mountaineering in Iran
  7. Mountains of Ardabil Province
  8. Pliocene stratovolcanoes
  9. Stratovolcanoes of Iran

Acclimatization

Acclimatization or acclimatisation (also called acclimation or acclimatation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain fitness across a range of environmental conditions.

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Alam-Kuh

Alam-Kūh (علم‌کوه; also: Alam Kooh) – Mount Alam – is a mountain in Alborz mountain range in northern Iran, Mazandaran Province, forming a peak of Takht-e Suleyman Massif. Sabalan and Alam-Kuh are four-thousanders of the Alborz and mountaineering in Iran.

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Alps

The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

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Andesite

Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition.

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Ardabil

Ardabil (اردبیل.) is a city in northwestern Iran.

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Ardabil dialect

Ardabil dialect is a dialect of Azerbaijani that is used by people from and around the Iranian city of Ardabil.

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Ardabil province

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

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Climbing

Climbing is the activity of using one's hands, feet, or other parts of the body to ascend a steep topographical object that can range from the world's tallest mountains (e.g. the eight thousanders) to small boulders.

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Continental climate

Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters).

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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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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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch, beginning approximately 11,700 years ago.

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Hot spring

A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth.

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Igneous rock

Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic.

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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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List of mountain peaks by prominence

This is a list of mountain peaks ordered by their topographic prominence.

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List of mountains in Iran

The highest mountains in Iran include Damavand, Alam-Kuh, Sabalan, Takht-e Soleyman, Azad Kuh, Zard-Kuh, and Shir Kuh. Sabalan and List of mountains in Iran are mountains of Iran.

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List of ultras of West Asia

This is a list of all 101 of the ultra-prominent peaks (with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in West Asia.

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List of volcanoes in Iran

This is a list of active and extinct Volcanoes in Iran. Sabalan and list of volcanoes in Iran are mountains of Iran.

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Meshginshahr

Meshginshahr (مشگين شهر) is a city in the Central District of Meshgin Shahr County, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Mineral water

Mineral water is water from a mineral spring that contains various minerals, such as salts and sulfur compounds.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Mont Blanc

Mont Blanc (BrE:; AmE:; Mont Blanc; Monte Bianco, both meaning "white mountain") is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, and the highest mountain in Europe outside the Caucasus mountains, rising above sea level, located on the Franco-Italian border.

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Mount Damavand

Mount Damavand (دماوند) is a dormant stratovolcano and is the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia, the highest volcano in Asia, and the 3rd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro and Mount Elbrus), at an elevation of. Sabalan and Mount Damavand are mountaineering in Iran, mountains of Iran, Pleistocene stratovolcanoes and Stratovolcanoes of Iran.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years ago.

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Rock glacier

Rock glaciers are distinctive geomorphological landforms, consisting either of angular rock debris frozen in interstitial ice, former "true" glaciers overlain by a layer of talus, or something in-between.

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Sareyn

Sareyn (سرعين) is a city in the Central District of Sareyn County, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Sareyn County

Sareyn County (شهرستان سرعین) is in Ardabil province, Iran.

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Scrambling

Scrambling is a mountaineering term for ascending steep terrain using one's hands to assist in holds and balance.

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Ski resort

A ski resort is a resort developed for skiing, snowboarding, and other winter sports.

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Snow

Snow comprises individual ice crystals that grow while suspended in the atmosphere—usually within clouds—and then fall, accumulating on the ground where they undergo further changes.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.

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Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a conical volcano built up by many layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra.

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Tehran

Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province.

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Ultra-prominent peak

An ultra-prominent peak, or ultra for short, is a mountain summit with a topographic prominence of or more; it is also called a P1500.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Volcanic crater lake

A volcanic crater lake is a lake in a crater that was formed by explosive activity or a collapse during a volcanic eruption. Sabalan and volcanic crater lake are volcanic crater lakes.

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See also

Alborz (mountain range)

Four-thousanders of the Alborz

Landforms of Ardabil province

Miocene stratovolcanoes

Mountaineering in Iran

Mountains of Ardabil Province

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Pliocene stratovolcanoes

Stratovolcanoes of Iran

References

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

Also known as Mount Sabalan, Mount Sablan.