Kūh-Zibad

Kūh-e Zibad. Peak Tīr Māhī

Location in Gonabad, Kakhk District Iran

Kūh-Zibad (Persian: کوه زیبد) its peak also called Tir Mahi^[1] is a mountain in the province of Razavi Khorasan, city of Gonabad District Zibad in the eastern part of the country, 700 km east of the capital Tehran. The Peak of the Moantain is called Qole -e Tir Mahi is 2,557 metres (8,389 ft) above sea level, or 431 m (1,414 ft) above the surrounding terrain . The width at the base is 5.5 km. The terrain around the Qole-e Tir Mahi and Kuh-e zibad is mainly hilly. The highest point in the vicinity is 2775 meters above sea level, 17.7 km southeast of Qole-e Tir mahi. Around Kuh-e Zibad is very sparsely populated, with 5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Nearest society zibad, 8.5 km north of Kuh-e Zibad. The neighborhood around Kuh-e Zibad is barren with little or vegetation. In the neighborhood around the Kuh-e Zibad are unusually many named mountains and valleys. A cold steppe climate prevailing in the region. The average annual temperature in the area is 17 °C. The warmest month is July when the average temperature is 30 °C, and the coldest is January, with 1 °C. Average annual rainfall is 211 mm (8 in). The rainiest month is February, with an average of 58 mm (2 in) of precipitation, and the driest is July, with 1 mm of precipitation. This mountain had been referred in some historical book such as shahnameh in Davazdah Rokhwar as the Zibad mountain and its eastern part is called black mountain or kuh Gonabad. The long mountain range is called Qohestan and it extends from Bajestan to Birjand near the border with Afghanistan. This mountain range separates south khorasan from Razavi Khorasan, part of this mountain range near Kakhk is called black mountain or kuh e gonabad.

See also

• Zibad Castle
• Zibad
• Davazdah Rokh
• Bajestan
• Ferdous
• Birjand

Sources

Article in Persian language. Parssea magazine,2011 [1]

• Geography and tribe and minority in khorasan,Mohammad Ajam, research published 1992, university of Imam Sadegh,Tehran.

References

• https://web.archive.org/web/20140429163019/http://amordadnews.com/neveshtehNamyesh.aspx?NId=6010

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Gonabad County

Capital

• Gonabad

Districts

Central

Cities Gonabad Bidokht Rural Districts and villages Howmeh Azizabad Bagh-e Asiya Behabad Bilond Chah-e Masha Shomareh Do Markuhak Abdi Chah-e Masha Shomareh Yek Markuhak Safari Chah-e Shomareh 5 Markuhak Dowlui Gonabad Industrial Park Hofman Brickworks Hoseynabad Kalateh-ye Kolukh Kalateh-ye Mesgarha Kalateh-ye Now Khara Brickworks Kheybari Mend Now Deh-e Gonabad Qanbarabad Quzhd Rahn Riab Pas Kalut Aruk Asu Jadid Bimorgh Chah-e Meyghuni Pain Chah-e Namak Geysvarnusazi Hajjiabad Howz-e Sorkh Jafarabad Kalateh-ye Mazar Now Deh-e Pashtak Rahmatabad Rushnavand Shurab-e Nusazi Tuklabad

Kakhk

Cities Kakhk Rural Districts and villages Kakhk Ali Mansuri Bakhtabad-e Bala Borjuk Deh Now Disfan Fakh Idu Kabutrakuh Kajabad Kalateh-ye Now Kalateh-ye Shams Kalateh-ye Sheykhi Kareshk Khanik Khunabad Kisk Kuh-e Qaleh Sofla Mahabad-e Olya Marghesh Meghas Meymand Mollaabad Najmabad Nehjaz-e Pain Ostad Pachk Pay Gadar Razg Rezu Sofla Sarang-e Sofla Senjetak Shahrah Shashak Tak Meydan Tak-e Zow Ziruk Zu Salehabad Zibad Beyhud Dar Sufeh Fudenjan Gonbatuk Haravanj Kalat Kalateh-ye Seyyed Ali Kalateh-ye Shahab Khatumeh Mohammadabad-e Lab-e Rud Musiraz Now Deh-e Meyrmaharab Raqqasan Razuyeh Ruchi Sanu Saqi Sar Asiab Shirazabad Zibad Zirjan

Gallery

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  Zibad Castle زیبد
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  Zibad Castle قلعه زیبد
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  Zibad Rheum
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  Kariz Zebad
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  zibad Mountain
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  Ferula Zibad
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  Sassanian Castel
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  Soufe Zibad
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  Rivas zibad
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  Kūh-ZibadZibad Gonabad
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  A photograph of Yaldā Night.
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  Ancient water clock used in qanat of gonabad 2500 years ago
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  Reconstruction of the scene with a real manager of the water clock, Iran
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