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registered on the national heritage list, CHTN reported on Saturday.Recent entries to the national list comprise six for natural properties
including old trees of olive, walnut, Caucasian zelkova, and the natural landscape of Neva village in the Amol county, the report
said.Sandwiched between the towering Alborz mountain range and the Caspian Sea, Mazandaran has a rich yet turbulent history
An early civilization flourished at the beginning of the first millennium BC in Mazandaran (Tabarestan).Its insecure eastern and
southeastern borders were crossed by Mongol invaders in the 13th and 14th centuries
Cossacks attacked the region in 1668 but were repulsed
It was ceded to the Russian Empire by a treaty in 1723, but the Russians were never secure in their occupation
The area was restored to Iran under the Qajar dynasty.The northern section of the region consists of lowland alongside the Caspian and
upland along the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains
Marshy backlands dominate the coastal plain, and extensive gravel fans fringe the mountains
The climate is permanently subtropical and humid, with very hot summers.AM
