Zagros mountain

Zagros
Dena, highest point in the Zagros Mountains
Highest point
Peak	Dena
Elevation	4,409 m (14,465 ft)
Dimensions
Length	1,600 km (990 mi)
Width	240 km (150 mi)
Geography
The Zagros fold and thrust belt in green, with the Zagros Mountains to the right
Location	Iran, Iraq, Turkey
Geology
Age of rock	Carboniferous
Mountain type	Fold and thrust belt

The Zagros Mountains (Persian: رشته كوه زاگرس‎‎, Kurdish: زنجیره‌چیای زاگرۆس‎; Çiyayên Zagrosê, Lurish: کۆیەلی زاگروس, Syriac: ܛܘ̣ܪܵܢܹܐ ܕܙܵܓܪܘ̇ܣ‎, Arabic: جبال زغروس ‎‎ Aramaic: ܛܘܪ ܙܪܓܣ,) form the largest mountain range in Iran, Iraq and southeastern Turkey. This mountain range has a total length of 1,500 km (932 mi). The Zagros mountain range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly corresponds to Iran's western border, and it spans the whole length of the western and southwestern Iranian plateau, ending at the Strait of Hormuz. The highest point in the Zagros Mountains is Dena.

The Zagros fold and thrust belt was formed by collision of two tectonic plates, the Eurasian Plate and the Arabian Plate. This collision primarily happened during the Miocene and folded the entire rocks that had been deposited from the Carboniferous to the Miocene in the geosyncline in front of the Iranian Plate. The process of collision continues to the present and as the Arabian Plate is being pushed against the Eurasian Plate, the Zagros Mountains and the Iranian Plateau are getting higher and higher.