EXPLANATORY TEXT OF THE ESFAHAN QUADRANGLE MAP 1: 250,000

Esfahan (pop. 2,000,000) is situated in the middle of the Esfahan Quadrangle on the Esfahan Plain, which lies between two northwest-trending mountain ranges, the Zagros in the southwest, and the Kohrud forming an eastern boundary against the Central Kavir. In the Zagros mountains, with numerous villages and springs, good rainfall and vegetation contrast markedly with the dry and empty plain of Esfahan and the Central Kavir.