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Show 18 woodlands and forest and one-third is covered by third is covered by barren Iran is bounded the east on e on Persian Gulf, and on and is dry in the by the Pakistan, the west Iran extends between thereby lying remaining by Iraq Caspian Sea and the Soviet Union, on the south and by the Sea of Oman and /)\ Turkey. 440 and 630 longitude and 250 and 400 latitude, temperate belt of the northern hemisphere. and most of the the dessert. the north by Afghanistan by mountains, country has but short periods of rain or Iran's air snowfall. "Estimates show that the average rainfall in Iran is 300 millimeters per annum, amounting of Information, to 500 billion cubic meters of rain and snow" 1971:34). Winters in the higher with the exception of the with four of the country seasons around the area the The lower areas, severe. Caspian Sea, have dry weather summers. experience long hot summers areas on In thos e areas characterized by mild winters and to their location in the rainbelt of the and The Caspian Sea, have these areas are high humidity, Caspian Sea northern portion of Iran contrasts temperature and short mild winters. the country; summers the The southern parts the shores of the climate quite different from the rest of Thus, the and may range from 320 to 1200F. northern parts of Iran, those a long areas are high temperatures during during the (Ministry a fact owing and the Alborz Mountains. sharply with the rest of the |
