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Talysh Mountains (Talysh: Tolışə Bandon, Persian: کوه‌های تالش, romanized: Kuhhâye Tâleš; Azerbaijani: Talış dağları) is a mountain range in far southeastern Azerbaijan and far northwestern Iran within Ardabil Province and Gilan Province.[1]

They are a northwestern subrange of the Alborz Mountains that run along the southern Caspian Sea on the Iranian Plateau.

Geography

The Talysh Mountains extend southeastward from the Lankaran Lowland in southeastern Azerbaijan to the lower part of the Sefid Rud (White River) in northwestern Iran.

A few peaks rise above 10,000 ft (3,000 m).

Geology

Geologically, the Talish Mountain Range is made mainly of the Late Cretaceous volcano-sedimentary deposits with a strip of Paleozoic rocks and a band of Triassic and Jurassic rocks in the southern parts, both in a north-west-southeast direction.[2]

Ecology

The maximum annual precipitation in the Talysh Mountains is between 1,600 mm to 1,800 mm, which along the Lankaran Lowland is the highest precipitation in both Azerbaijan and Iran. The humid semi-subtropical coastal lowlands along the Caspian Sea, including the Lankaran Lowland, lie at the eastern base of the mountains.[3]

The Talysh Mountains are covered by lowland and montane forests. The area is part of the Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests ecoregion.[4]

The Caspian tiger used to occur in the Talysh Mountains.[5]

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See also

• Lankaran Lowland — see for map of range

References

На других языках

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[de] Talysch-Gebirge

Das Talysch-Gebirge (persisch کوههای تالش, DMG Kūh-hā-ye Tāleš; aserbaidschanisch Talış dağları) ist ein Gebirgszug im nordwestlichen Iran und im Südosten Aserbaidschans von etwa 100 Kilometer Länge.

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- [en] Talysh Mountains

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[es] Montañas Talysh

Las montañas Talysh (Talish: Tolışə Bandon, persa: کوههای تالش, romanizado: Kuhhâye Tâleš; azerbaiyano: Talış dağları) es una cadena montañosa situada en el extremo sureste de Azerbaiyán y en el extremo noroeste de Irán, dentro de las provincias de Ardabil y Guilán. [1]

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[fr] Monts Talych

Les monts Talych, ou monts Talesh (Talış dağları en azerbaïjanais, Талыш дағлары en russe, تالش داغلارى ; persan : کوههای تالش, Kuhhâye Tâleš) sont une chaîne de montagne dans l'extrême sud-est de l'Azerbaïdjan et l'extrême nord-ouest de l'Iran dans les provinces d'Ardabil et de Gilan[1].

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[it] Monti Talish

I monti Talish (persiano: Kūhhā-ye Ṭavālesh, russo: Talyshinskiye Gory) sono una catena montuosa dell’Iran nord-occidentale, nel settore nord-occidentale dei monti Elburz, che si estende verso sud-est dal confine azero fino al corso inferiore del Safīd Rūd (fiume Safid). Poche sono le vette che si innalzano oltre i 3000 m. I monti Talish sono costituiti da rocce vulcaniche risalenti al Giurassico medio (174-163,5 milioni di anni fa), al Cretaceo inferiore (145-100,5 milioni di anni fa) e al Paleogene (66-23 milioni di anni fa), nonché da rocce carbonatiche risalenti al Cretaceo inferiore. Ai piedi della parte orientale della catena si trovano le pianure costiere subtropicali umide lungo il mar Caspio.

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[ru] Талышские горы

Талы́шские го́ры[1][2][3], Талыш (азерб. Talış dağları, тал. Толъшә бандон / tolışə bandon, перс. کوههای تالش‎ Kuh-ha:ye Ta:lesh — горы Талеш) — три горных хребта, разделённых межгорными котловинами: Талышский водораздельный хребет, Пештасарский и Буроварский хребты. Расположены на крайнем юго-востоке Закавказья. Длина около 100 км, высота до 2492 м (гора Кёмюркёй). Гора Кёмюркёй, а также Кызъюрду и Шандан-Каласы считаются потухшими вулканами. Сейсмичность высокая. Талышские горы являются продолжением системы Малого Кавказа от которого отделены прогибом, занятым нижним течением реки Араз[4].

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