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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).


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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Also on Saturday amid the regional tensions, Iranian state television aired footage of what it described as a “top secret” underground tunnel in the heart of the country’s western Zagros Mountains.

From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2022

To get there, they had to go over the Zagros Mountains, the old frontier between the Persian and Ottoman Empires, a porous border crossed by Kurdish smugglers.

From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022

It’s fed by the Halwan River, another tributary of the Tigris that begins in Iran’s portion of the Zagros Mountains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2021

Dense fog, high winds and heavy snow in the Zagros Mountains made it impossible for rescue crews in helicopters to reach the site in the immediate aftermath, state television reported.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 19, 2018

Its proud king, Chedor-laomer, ruled from the Persian Gulf to the sources of the Euphrates, and from the Zagros Mountains to the Mediterranean.

From New Forces in Old China An Inevitable Awakening by Arthur Judson Brown

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