The Important Geosites in Zanjan Province and Geotorism (North West of Iran)
Zanjan province with 22500 square kilometer is situated in North West of Iran between 15°37～33°35N and 10°47～26°49E. From geological point of view is a part of central Iran and in geomorphologic classification it is identified as North West geomorphologic unit. Most of Zanjan area o-verlap with Zanjan sub geomorphologic unit or region. Volcanic formations ( such as Kamj green formation), Precambrian intrusive granite rocks (e. g. Doran formation), major faults (for instance TabrizSoltanie fault), Miocene evaporative basins and karst topography resulted in a variety of geosites in this province. Mountains and interval plains are stretching from north West to South East direction and drained by Ghezel Ozan, its tributaries (such as Zanjan River) and Abhar River. Ghezel Ozan pours into Cas-pian Sea and Abhar River goes to Hoz-e-soultan lake in Central Irma. The highest point in province is 3332 m above sea level in Belghaise Mountain and lowest is (250 m) located near to Sefidrood reservoir. karstic caves such as katalekhor and Kharmanesar caves in South and North East of the province, Chehr-Abad historical salt mine (where six salt man were discovered in North West of the province), tens of fingers of god and butte in conglomerate formations in Mahneshan and Angoran districts, bad-lands in Tarom area and west of zanjan city, tens of diappery doms in Ghezel Ozan watershed, mush-rooms in granetic rocks, and several hot springs are examples of this geosites. Some of these geosites can have national or international importance. Zanjan province have seven Protected Areas and Wild life Refuges that totals 4220 square kilometer. Some of these geosites are located within these protected areas. The Province is thus have a very favorable conditions for geotorism development.
Geosite Zanjan province Katalekhor cave Salt men Finger of god
Reza. Khoshraftar Samye. Binafar
faculty member geography dept Zanjan University high school teacher Zanjan City
国际会议
第二届国际地质公园发展研讨会(The Second Onternational Symposium on Development Within Geoparks)
北京
英文
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2007-06-12（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）