The Zagros region extends along a climatic gradient in temperature and precipitation from northwest Iran toward the southeast. having an average length and width of 1,300 and 200 km, respectively. These forests are distributed across ten provinces. Zagros forests are divided into two main sections: Continuous forests and diffuse forests. Continuous Zagros forest vegetation covers a vast area of the Zagros Mountain ranges stretching from West Azerbaijan Province Piranshahr in the northwest of Iran to the vicinity of Firuzabad (Fars province).
