Iran map quiz
Explore cities, mountains and waters of Iran!
Quizzes in this pack
Iran: cities, mountains, waters.
| Cities | 10 questions |
| Mountains | 4 questions |
| Waters | 4 questions |
Sample questions
- The capital, sprawling at the foot of the Alborz Mountains, home to over 9 million people
- Answer: Tehran
- Second-largest city in the northeast, Iran's holiest city with the shrine of Imam Reza
- Answer: Mashhad
- Historic city in the northwest, once a Silk Road hub, home to one of the world's oldest bazaars
- Answer: Tabriz
- Southeastern city, gateway to the Lut Desert, one of the hottest places on Earth
- Answer: Kerman
- Largest city on the Caspian coast, capital of Gilan province, known for lush green landscapes and rain
- Answer: Rasht
Learn more
Alborz Mountains
Northern Iran, south of the Caspian Sea
The Alborz range stretches along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, with Tehran at its foot. The northern slopes catch moisture from the sea and are covered in thick forest, while the southern side facing Tehran is dry. Above it all rises Damavand, a snow-capped volcano.
- Highest point
- Damavand, 5,609 m
- Did you know?
- Damavand is the highest volcano in Asia
Zagros Mountains
Western Iran, toward Iraq and Turkey
The Zagros Mountains run about 1,500 km through western Iran, from the borders of Turkey and Iraq down to the Persian Gulf. They are made of folded rock layers that look like waves from the air, and nomadic peoples such as the Bakhtiari and the Qashqai still move their flocks between valleys with the seasons.
- Highest point
- Dena, 4,409 m
- Did you know?
- Some of the earliest farming in the world began in the Zagros foothills about 10,000 years ago, when people first kept goats
Kopet Dag Mountains
On the border of Iran and Turkmenistan
The Kopet Dag runs about 650 km along the border between northeastern Iran and Turkmenistan. Its dry slopes rise above the Karakum Desert to the north, and Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, lies at its foot.
- Known for
- Ashgabat, the Karakum, earthquakes
- Did you know?
- In 1948 an earthquake from a fault along the range destroyed most of Ashgabat
Persian Gulf
Between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula
The Persian Gulf, also called the Arabian Gulf, is a shallow arm of the Indian Ocean between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Some of the world's largest oil and gas fields lie under it and along its shores, and cities such as Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha and Kuwait City have grown up on its coast.
- Area
- About 251,000 km²
- Did you know?
- The gulf is so shallow that its average depth is only about 50 m
Gulf of Oman
Between Oman and Iran
The Gulf of Oman joins the Arabian Sea to the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf. It lies between Oman and Iran, and oil tankers from the Persian Gulf pass through it on their way to the rest of the world.
- Known for
- Oil tankers, the Strait of Hormuz
- Did you know?
- Khor Fakkan and Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates lie on this coast, outside the Strait of Hormuz
Lake Urmia
Northwestern Iran
Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran was once one of the largest salt lakes in the world. Since the 1990s it has shrunk greatly because of drought, dams and farming, and its shallow water often turns red from tiny algae and bacteria that thrive in the salt.
- Known for
- Salt, red water, a shrinking lake
- Did you know?
- A kind of brine shrimp found nowhere else lives in the lake
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
