Ramsar (in Persian: رامسر) is a town in Mazandaran province of Iran, at the Caspian Sea. Persian is an Indo-European language spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Southern Russia, neighboring countries, and elsewhere. ... Mazandaran (Persian: مازندران) is a province in northern Iran, bordering the Caspian (Mazandaran) Sea in the north. ... Iran consists of 30 provinces: Provinces are governed from a local center, mostly the largest local city. ... The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume,[1] with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres (18,761 mi³).[2] It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between...

Tourism

For the tourists, it's a sea resort, offers thermal stations, green forests of the Alborz Mountains and the palace of the last Shah. Alborz Mountains underneath clouds seen from Tehran Alborz (in Persian البرز), also written as Alburz or Elburz, is a mountain range in northern Iran, stretching from the borders of Armenia in the north-west to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, where also Tehran and Irans highest peak, Damavand... Shah is an Iranian & Pakistani/Indian term in Persian language & Urdu (شاه), for a monarch (king or emperor), and has also been adopted in many other languages. ...

Radioactivity

Another palace in Ramsar.

Some places in this town have the highest concentration of natural radioactivity of the world, which is released by hot springs. The peak dose of radiation received by a person living in Ramsar over one year is 260 mSv.[1] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 302 KB) Summary Shah Palace in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 302 KB) Summary Shah Palace in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran. ... Background radiation is the ionizing radiation emitted from a variety of natural and artificial radiation sources: sources in the Earth and from those sources that are incorporated in our food and water, which are incorporated in our body, and in building materials and other products that incorporate those radioactive sources... Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57 F or... The sievert (symbol: Sv) is the SI derived unit of dose equivalent. ...

Miscellaneous

Ramsar Convention has been signed in Ramsar. The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 145 Contracting Parties to the Convention, with 1435 wetland sites, totaling 1,251,000 square kilometres, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ...

Location

Ramsar is the westernmost county and city in Mazandaran. It borders the Caspian Sea to the north, Gilan province to the west, Qazvin Province to the south, and Tonekabon to the east. Mazandaran (Persian: مازندران) is a province in northern Iran, bordering the Caspian (Mazandaran) Sea in the north. ... The Caspian Sea is the largest lake on Earth by both area and volume,[1] with a surface area of 371,000 square kilometres (143,244 mi²) and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometres (18,761 mi³).[2] It is a landlocked endorheic body of water and lies between... Guilan (گیلان in Persian) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, during antique time known as part of Hyrcania, with a population of approximately 2 million and an area of 14,700 sq. ... Qazvin province contains fine examples of Iranian architecture from various ages. ... Tonekabon is a city in Mazandaran Province, Iran. ...

Map showing position of Ramsar county as well as Ramsar city in Mazandaran province

Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (931x341, 15 KB) Summary Author: Siamax Source: Mazandaran Plain Map Tag: Ramsar location in Mazandaran Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (931x341, 15 KB) Summary Author: Siamax Source: Mazandaran Plain Map Tag: Ramsar location in Mazandaran Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Mazandaran (Persian: مازندران) is a province in northern Iran, bordering the Caspian (Mazandaran) Sea in the north. ...

External links

• Ramsar's tourism
• Ramsar's radioactivity
• Radon
• Photos of Ramsar (Permission to use and copy these photos is hereby granted provided the above copyright notice appears in all the copies and modified versions of photos.)

Coordinates: 36°55′N 50°40′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...