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desainme - Jul 10, 2005 6:26 pm - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentThe maps must have taken some work. The area looks a bit like Colorado but without forests in the valleys. Good picture of the Damavend.
nader - Jul 10, 2005 10:52 pm - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThank you for your vote. The maps took months.
I always wondered why there was no forest. Even in the driest parts of Nevada I have seen forests appearing on mountains at 7000-8000 ft. Maybe 8000 years of human agriculture and grazing in Iran have something to do with it. I have seen stands of trees on isolated and inaccessible slopes. Some 30 years ago they began planting Pine trees on the hills around Tehran at 1500-2000 m of elevation. These have now become pretty forests
Damavand is definitely the absolute king of these mountains. It is visible from every angle and from miles away.
nader - Jul 10, 2005 10:55 pm - Hasn't voted
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mountainfire - Jul 11, 2005 3:38 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentNader, thank you for your great pioneer work.
nader - Jul 11, 2005 9:46 am - Hasn't voted
Untitled CommentThank you for your vote. Yeap we must come up with names.
EastKing - Jul 11, 2005 8:56 am - Voted 10/10
Untitled CommentNice page!
nader - Jul 11, 2005 9:45 am - Hasn't voted
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nader - Jul 13, 2005 11:11 pm - Hasn't voted
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