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hah ha. but to be fair, calling Iran a desert is like calling the United States a desert. https://www.knowiran.com/iran-landscape https://www.knowiran.com/ira

hah ha. but to be fair, calling Iran a desert is like calling the United States a desert. https://www.knowiran.com/iran-landscape https://www.knowiran.com/iran-landscape

bombcar 4y ago
Huge vast swaths of Australia and the United States are effectively deserts, but they don't "define" the country. It mainly comes down to what pictures you see in the news when something happens, and Iranian cities look "deserty".
- Mountain_Skies 4y ago
  There's also a tendency in the US to conflate Iran with Arab countries.
  - toyg 4y ago
    <Alien Guards>: "What's going on? The prisoners should be powerless against our anti-arab ray!" <Iranian Rick>: "I'M PERSIAN, MOTHERFUCKEEEEERS!" destroys the prison and flies away
    - jonnycomputer 4y ago
      lol
  - surge 4y ago
    This is the real reason, and I am guilty of it, it's because of the Persian cultural influences and some pictures, people just assumed, it wasn't until I saw some travel shows or more social media that I realized its closer to what I saw in Turkey.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  I most definitely would "define" Australia more by it's desert landscape than I would Iran.
echelon 4y ago
I knew Iran was diverse, but those were some incredibly beautiful photographs. Thank you for sharing.
arcticfox 4y ago
I just cross referenced that against Google Earth and your comment is completely misleading/incorrect. I’m kind of irked by how interesting your claim was compared to how wrong it turned out to be. It is completely dominated by an arid climate with tiny swathes inlaid into it. The climate map shows how it is comparable to the most desert regions of the United States, such as Arizona, New Mexico, or Nevada. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Iran#/media/File%3AKoppen-Geiger_Map_IRN_present.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Iran#/media/Fil... Vs https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Koppen-Geiger_Map_USA_future.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Koppen-G...
- jonnycomputer 4y ago
  Apologize if I over-stated its diversity. California might have been a better comparison, but I do not think it is completely misleading and incorrect.
  - arcticfox 4y ago
    Put the Koppen map of California next to Iran for comparison… Maybe if you limit it to just Southern California you can get close to the same proportion of arid/desert. But I think that pretty much matches the common conception of Iran. Virtually the entire country is arid / steppe except for a few tiny strips, where the (beautiful) videos you shared were taken. Contrasted with the United States which does have a lot of arid space (30%?) but is dominated by temperate climates. Not even including Alaska. Your claim that Iran is comparable to the United States in that respect is just totally wild lol

hah ha. but to be fair, calling Iran a desert is like calling the United States a desert. https://www.knowiran.com/iran-landscape https://www.knowiran.com/iran-landscape

bombcar 4y ago

Huge vast swaths of Australia and the United States are effectively deserts, but they don't "define" the country. It mainly comes down to what pictures you see in the news when something happens, and Iranian cities look "deserty".

Mountain_Skies 4y ago
There's also a tendency in the US to conflate Iran with Arab countries.
- toyg 4y ago
  <Alien Guards>: "What's going on? The prisoners should be powerless against our anti-arab ray!" <Iranian Rick>: "I'M PERSIAN, MOTHERFUCKEEEEERS!" destroys the prison and flies away
  - jonnycomputer 4y ago
    lol
- surge 4y ago
  This is the real reason, and I am guilty of it, it's because of the Persian cultural influences and some pictures, people just assumed, it wasn't until I saw some travel shows or more social media that I realized its closer to what I saw in Turkey.
hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
I most definitely would "define" Australia more by it's desert landscape than I would Iran.

echelon 4y ago

I knew Iran was diverse, but those were some incredibly beautiful photographs. Thank you for sharing.

arcticfox 4y ago

I just cross referenced that against Google Earth and your comment is completely misleading/incorrect. I’m kind of irked by how interesting your claim was compared to how wrong it turned out to be. It is completely dominated by an arid climate with tiny swathes inlaid into it. The climate map shows how it is comparable to the most desert regions of the United States, such as Arizona, New Mexico, or Nevada. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Iran#/media/File%3AKoppen-Geiger_Map_IRN_present.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Iran#/media/Fil... Vs https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Koppen-Geiger_Map_USA_future.svg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Koppen-G...

jonnycomputer 4y ago
Apologize if I over-stated its diversity. California might have been a better comparison, but I do not think it is completely misleading and incorrect.
- arcticfox 4y ago
  Put the Koppen map of California next to Iran for comparison… Maybe if you limit it to just Southern California you can get close to the same proportion of arid/desert. But I think that pretty much matches the common conception of Iran. Virtually the entire country is arid / steppe except for a few tiny strips, where the (beautiful) videos you shared were taken. Contrasted with the United States which does have a lot of arid space (30%?) but is dominated by temperate climates. Not even including Alaska. Your claim that Iran is comparable to the United States in that respect is just totally wild lol