Zagros Mountains
The Zagros Mountains are on a convergent boundary, between Iraq and Iran, the Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate. It is very useful for separating different cultures. Such as the Mesopotamian and Median Cultures, the Parthian and Roman empires, and the Persian and Ottoman empires. The Zagros also provide resources to people. Near it are very large oil reservoirs, and large grassy plains. The Zagros mountains are very safe, and have several tunnels going through it.
The Zagros Mountains are on a convergent boundary, between Iraq and Iran, the Arabian Plate and Eurasian Plate. It is very useful for separating different cultures. Such as the Mesopotamian and Median Cultures, the Parthian and Roman empires, and the Persian and Ottoman empires. The Zagros also provide resources to people. Near it are very large oil reservoirs, and large grassy plains. The Zagros mountains are very safe, and have several tunnels going through it.
The Zagros Mountains are a result of convergence. They are a deformation of the Earth's crust. When Iraq and Iran collided, they had the same density, so instead of one subduction they both went up. This formed mountains which we call the Zagros Mountains. They convergence is a result of the plates convection cells (these form when heat conducts through the inner core, then convects through the outer core, then it conducts through the mesosphere, then it can starts convection in the the asthenosphere) moving it into the Eurasian plate, much like a conveyer belt( ------> | <-----). The Zagros Mountains do create earthquakes, as most plate boundaries do. The earthquakes are a result of stress being built up as the mountains form.
- On the opposite side of the plate is the Red Sea Rift, the Red Sea Rift helps form the Zagros Mountains. The Red Sea Rift makes more crust and causes sea floor spreading. This causes the Red Sea to spread. As it spreads it pushes Iraq up against Iran, along with convection cells this causes the Eurasian and Arabian plates to collide and converge. If it wasn't for the Red Sea Rift new crust wouldn't be created, and Iraq would not be pushed up against Iran. The Zagros Mountains are folded mountains.