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Zaman Khan Bridge
Zaman Khan Bridge
This bridge has been constructed on the Zayandeh Rood River at the distance of 29km northeast of Shahr-e-Kord . This bridge has been built by one of the tribal chieftains named Zaman Khan . This bridge has been repaired twice , once in the year 1022 AH during the Safavid era and for the second time in the year 1321 AH by Haj Abdol Hossein Qazvini , the owner of the Jamali Village .
Kooh Rang Tunnel
Kooh Rang Tunnel
The Kouhrang 1 Dam is a masonry gravity dam on the Kouhrang River about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of Chelgard in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province , Iran . The primary purpose of the dam is to divert up to 320,000,000 m3 (260,000 acre•ft) of water annually via the 2.8 km (1.7 mi) long Kouhrang 1 Tunnel to the Zayandeh River to the east where it would help supply cities like Isfahan with water . Since the era of Shah Abbas I , attempts had been made to diver the Kouhrang to the Zayandeh . Eventually , efforts by Alexander Gibb between 1948 and 1954 led to the completion of the Kouhrang 1 Dam and Tunnel .
Zard Kuh
Zard Kuh
Zard Kuh is a sub-range in the central Zagros Range , Iran .
With an elevation of 4221 metres , the Zardkuh is located in the Zagros Mountains in the Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province of Iran . The Karun and also Zayanderud rivers start in the Zagros mountains near the Zardkuh . 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 Zardkuh is situated in the Sanandaj-Sirjan geologic and structural zone of Iran and is mainly made of cretaceous limestone .
Famous documentary Grass : A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) captures on film the Bakhtiari tribe's amazing crossing of Zard Kuh barefoot in the snow with 50,000 people and 500,000 animals .