A View of Persia (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A View of Persia Situation. Persia, "the Land of the Lion and the Sun," is situated in the western part of Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea on the north, the Persian Gulf on the south, Afghanistan on the east and Asiatic Turkey on the west. Area. It is 900 miles from west to east and 700 miles from north to south, and covers an area of 648,000 square miles. Its native name is Iran. Topography. In general the country is flat, the central portion being an elevated plateau some 3,800 feet above sea level. The great Elburz chain of mountains passes through the north of the country. These mountains have an altitude of 13,000 feet above sea level and are snow-topped all the year round. Twenty miles from the town of Teheran rises the mighty peak of Demavend, which reaches a height of 20,000 feet, while on the west and south also Persia is protected by mountain ranges. The principal rivers are the Tigris, Euphrates (familiar to Bible students), the Aras or Araxes, Cyrus, Acampis and Halys. Transportation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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