Unique Hircani forests (Caspian) in the north of Iran were registered at UNESCO.
These forests are located in northern Iran, along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and the northern section of the Alborz Mountains.
This broad-leaved forest is stretched along the 850-km-long Caspian coastline and is between 25 and 50 million years old; at that time most of the northern temperate regions were covered by these forests. In the Quaternary Ice Age, the forests became smaller, but then expanded again at the end of the Ice Age.
The forests were once listed as one of two hundred natural wildlife in the World Wildlife Fund. Hirkani forests, with the exception of plants and animals, are home to about seven and a half million people.
These forests are very rich in vegetation - more than 3200 plant species. Though about seven percent of Iran’s soil is covered. So far, 58 species of birds and 58 mammal species, including the famous Iranian cheetah, have been identified in these forests.
This is the second registered natural resource in UNESCO. Lut desert is the first recorded natural record in UNESCO.
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