AA Hyrcanian Forests Date of Submission: 2019 State, Region or Province: Different Regions Category: Natural The local people call the Hyrcanian Forests living fossil, the center of the world, the Caspian forests, the natural museum, etc. It’s a very valuable green zone in the north of Iran. In antiquity, Hyrcania was an administrative region on the territory of the current Iranian provinces of several Iranian provinces as well as part of Turkmenistan. In classical antiquity, the Greeks and Persians called the Caspian the Hyrcanian Ocean. The Hyrcanian forests are a strip of 800 kilometers long, extending from northwest to the northeast of Iran. The name of these forests originates from the old name of Gorgan, which was formerly called Hyrcan. Today, this city is the capital of Golestan province, at the southeast of the Caspian Sea. The biodiversity and originality of the region and its rare and unique species of vegetation and animals attract visitors. Hyrcanian Forests, extending from east to west, cover parts of five provinces of Iran: North Khorasan Province Golestan Province Mazandaran Province Gilan Province Ardabil Province Short URL: https://en-economic.mfa.ir/s/menlHk
