Zard-Kuh


Zard-Kuh is a sub-range in the central Zagros Mountains, Iran.
With an elevation of, its highest peak "Kolonchin" is located in the Kuhrang County, in the Bakhtiari province">Bakhtiari people">Bakhtiari province of Iran. The Karun and also Zayanderud rivers originate in the Zagros Mountains near the Zard-Kuh. There are small glaciers on the mountain owing to the relatively high precipitation, which are the only glaciers in the subtropics outside the Himalayas, Andes and Trans-Mexican [Volcanic Belt].
Geologically, the Zard-Kuh is situated in the Sanandaj-Sirjan geologic and structural zone of Iran and is mainly made of Cretaceous limestone.
The documentary Grass captures on film the Bakhtiari tribe's crossing of Zard-Kuh.