Zagros Mountains

The Zagros ridges around Kazerun divide western Fars into a series of valleys and narrow passes. Roads from Shiraz descend through these mountains towards the warm coastal plain and the Persian Gulf. The old city of Bishapur stood north of Kazerun beside the Tang-e Chogan gorge, where Sasanian rulers carved their victories into the rock. Cultivated valleys and upland pasture alternate with steep, rocky slopes along this passage between the plateau and the sea.