Qaradagh Maountains

The highlands around Tabriz belong to the mountainous country of Azarbaijan, where volcanic heights and ridges rise above intervening plains. South of the city, the great mass of Sahand dominates the landscape, its slopes descending toward Lake Urmia and the valleys of the plateau. Snow and streams from these heights feed the cultivated districts below, while the open uplands provide pasture in the warmer months.