Shoqān

Shoqan lies on a plain between the Aladagh and Saluk mountains of northern Khorasan. A spring emerges beneath rocky slopes near the settlement, feeding gardens in the surrounding country. The seasonal Darband River descends from the Aladagh and crosses the plain before turning south through a gorge toward the Kal-e Shur. Villages scattered across this sheltered basin share the watercourses and mountain approaches of the Shoqan plain.