Zagros Mountains

American  

[zag-ruhs] / ˈzæg rəs /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S and SW Iran, extending along parts of the borders of Turkey and Iraq. Highest peak, Zardeh Kuh, 14,912 feet (4,545 meters).

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Zagros Mountains British  

/ ˈzæɡrɒs /

plural noun

1. a mountain range in S Iran: has Iran's main oilfields in its W central foothills. Highest peak: Zard Kuh, 4548 m (14 920 ft)

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Example Sentences

It took her a moment to realise what had happened on Thursday night: a drone had struck her yard, sending glass shards across her house in the town of Soran, nestled in the Zagros mountains near the Iranian border.

From Barron's

Iran's third-biggest city, nicknamed "Nesf-e-Jahaan" or half the world, is located in the centre of the country near the Zagros mountains.

From BBC

The Associated Press on Monday reported Iran was building a new underground site in the Zagros Mountains to replace an exposed uranium centrifuge manufacturing center at nearby Natanz that was struck by an explosion and fire in July 2020.

From Reuters

To the north, the Zagros Mountains beckon.

From New York Times

In late spring, when all the grasses dry up, the nomads take their flocks, families and tents up into the Zagros Mountains, and that was where I first found them, on a high plateau where the snow had melted and the valleys, carpeted with irises and dwarf tulips, had excellent grazing for their sheep and goats.

From New York Times