Mount Donbeh or Kuh-e Donbeh is a mountain which is situated just southwest of the city of
Isfahan
Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...
in
Isfahan Province in
Iran. Stretching in a northwest-southeast direction, Mount Donbeh is located south of the
Zayanderud River and northwest of
Mount Soffeh
Mount Soffeh or Kuh-e Soffeh is a mountain that is situated just south of the city of Isfahan, southeast of Mount Donbeh and south of the Zayanderud River in Iran.
Etymology
The term "soffeh" in Persian is derived from an Arabic word "soffa" t ...
in the
Sanandaj
Sanandaj (Persian: سنندج, ; ku, سنە, Sine, often romanized as Senneh, is the capital of Kurdistan Province in Iran. With a population of 414,069, Sanandaj is the twenty third largest city in Iran and the second largest Kurdish city. San ...
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Sirjan geologic and structural zone of Iran. The mountain is mainly formed of
Lower Cretaceous limestone. Only the southeastern part of the mountain is made of
Jurassic shale
Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especial ...
.
[Geological Map of Iran, National Geoscience Database of Iran, www.ngdir.ir]
References
{{coord missing, Isfahan Province
Mountains of Iran
Landforms of Isfahan Province
Mountains of Isfahan Province