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Persian:
Kūhhā-ye Ṭavālesh
Russian:
Talyshinskiye Gory
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Talish Mountains

mountains, Azerbaijan-Iran
Also known as: Talysh Mountains, Talyshinskiye Gory
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Talish Mountains, mountain chain, northwestern Iran, in the northwest section of the Elburz Mountains, extending southeastward from the Azerbaijan border to the lower part of the Safīd Rūd (Safid River). Few peaks rise above 10,000 feet (3,000 metres). The Talish Mountains are made up of volcanic rocks dated to the middle Jurassic (some 174 million to 163.5 million years ago), Early Cretaceous (145 million to 100.5 million years ago), and Paleogene periods (66 million to 23 million years ago) as well as carbonate rocks dating to the Early Cretaceous Period. The humid subtropical coastal lowlands along the Caspian Sea lie at the eastern base of the mountains.

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