褶皱边疆 · FOLDED FRONTIER
The Ridges Behind the Plain — Iran–Iraq · Zagros Mountains
扎格罗斯山沿伊朗高原边缘延伸约 1,500—1,600 公里。褶皱山脊分开两河低地与高原谷地，也提供山口、牧场与冬雨农业。
从伊拉克望去，山脉像一堵墙。走进去，它又是一串山谷走廊：牧群、橡树林与村落不是与褶皱对抗，而是借褶皱安身。
The Zagros run roughly 1,500–1,600 km along the edge of the Iranian Plateau. Their folded ridges separate the Mesopotamian lowland from highland valleys, but also feed passes, pastures and winter rain farming.
From Iraq, the mountains appear as a wall. Inside, they are corridors of valleys where herds, oak woods and villages use the folds rather than fighting them.