Which of the following statement is/are correct? Zagros is running to the northwest of Makran, ultimately ends up in the Armenian Knot. Kirthar Range turns westward on the Arabian Sea coast and assumes the name of Makran. Yablonovy Range lies to the north east of Altai Range in the eastern Siberia. Select the correct code from below.
Which of the following statement is/are correct? Zagros is running to the northwest of Makran, ultimately ends up in the Armenian Knot. Kirthar Range turns westward on the Arabian Sea coast and assumes the name of Makran. Yablonovy Range lies to the north east of Altai Range in the eastern Siberia. Select the correct code from below. Correct Answer All of the above
The correct answer is option 4, i.e All of the above.
- Zagros Mountain:
- Running to the northwest of Makran, ultimately ends up in the Armenian Knot.
- This mountains are a long mountain range in Iran, Iraq and Southeastern Turkey.
- It has a total length of 1600 km.
- It spans the whole length of the western and southwestern Iranian Plateau ending at the Strait of Hormuz.
- The highest point is Mount Dena at 4409 metres.
- Makran Range:
- It turns westward on the Arabian Sea coast.
- Mountains in southeastern Iran and Pakistan, framing the Iranian Plateau from the southeast.
- It consists of several parallel chains with elevations of 1000-2000 m divided by longitudinal basins and cut by gorges.
- They are composed primarily of lime-stones and sand-stones.
- Earthquakes are frequent.
- There are mud volcanoes in the foothills.
- Marls, schists, and flysch are common in the basins and the foothills.
- Narrow bands of deciduous forest and groves of date palms grow in places along the river valleys.
- The coastal tropical desert of Garmsir extends along the southern foot of the mountains.
- Yablonovy Range:
- It lies to the north east of Altai Range in the eastern Siberia.
- The range is some 500 miles long northeast-southwest and reaches a maximum height of 5512 feet in Mount Kusotuy.
- It is formed principally of granites and gneisses, it has been uplifted and much-fractured.
- The highest peaks are bare, but most of the range is densely forested with larch, spruce, and pine.
- The Trans- Siberian Railroad crosses the range by a low pass at Yablonovaya.
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