The Shirez Canyon ( fa, تنگه شیرز , sdh, تەنگ شیرز ) is a
canyon
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...
of
geotouristic importance,
located 45 kilometers northeast of
Kuhdasht
Kuhdasht ( ku, Kwêyeşt, کوێیەشت fa, كوهدشت, also Romanized as Kūhdasht and Kūh-ī-Dasht) is a city in and capital of Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 102,285, in 27,994 families. T ...
, the capital of
Kuhdasht County, in the province of
Lurestan, western
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
The valley's springs join the stream of
Seimare, which is a branch of the
Karkhen River.
Shirez canyon formation
Shirez canyon with all its beauties in the
heart
The heart is a muscular organ in most animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels of the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrients to the body, while carrying metabolic waste such as carbon dioxide t ...
of the
Zagros Mountains. The valley is eroded with sedimentary rocks belonging to the third geological Devon.
Shirez canyon historical and geographical value
Shirez canyon in
Lurestan also have ancient sites of the Stone Age.
References
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Canyons and gorges of Iran
Landforms of Lorestan province