Kabir Kouh
Template:Infobox mountain Kabir Kuh (Template:Langx; Kurdish: کڤەر -Kiver) is one of the long ranges of the Zagros Mountains near the border of Lurestan and Ilam provinces in Ilam province, Iran.<ref>Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation</ref> Covering an area of Template:Convert, Kabir Kuh stretches Template:Convert in length and Template:Convert in width along the Zagros Mountains in the northwest–southeast direction. It begins about Template:Convert south of Ilam and stretches down to the vicinity of Andimeshk in Khuzestan. Made mainly by Cretaceous sedimentary rocks,<ref>Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir</ref> the Kabir Kuh range consists of a large number of mountains, including Shah Ahmad, Tabriz, Kaleh-bad, Filman, Damaghey-e Anar, Rivasan, Puneh, Sabzkhani, Zarrin, Golgol that are covered by snow and ice all year round. Its highest peak is Kan Seifi with Template:Convert elevation, Template:Convert south-east of Ilam. Kabir Kuh runs along the Seymareh River, which becomes Karkheh when joins the Kashkan river before reaching the border of Ilam province and Khuzestan province. Kabir Kuh divides the mountainous region in western Iran into two regions generally referred as Piškuh (eastern side) and Poštkuh (western side), the latter virtually coinciding with Ilam.<ref name=iranica>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=seeiran>Template:Cite web</ref> In prehistoric times, one of the largest known landslides occurred on the north-eastern slope of Kabir Kouh, moving across the Seymareh River.
The eastern side is dominated by steep slopes where water and wooded valleys abound. The western side is, however, quite dry but rich in oil reservoirs and underground resources.<ref name=seeiran />
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