Mazandaran Plain

Mazandaran Plain

The Mazandaran Plain is in Iran. The plains stretch as far as the Caspian Sea. Mazandaran Plain become narrow at Sakhtsar, an Iranian town, and broader in the district of Barfurush.

Explorers of the 19th century noted that the plains had vegetation that is now known to be luxurious forest.


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