Iran

Total Area- 630,575 (in square miles) Life Expectancy-69 Doctors- 105 Televisions- 173 Internet Users- 72 Literacy Rate- 79% Gross Domestic Product- $7000 Urban Population- 67% Total Population- 67,400,000 Arithmetic Population Density- 107

The capital of Iran is Tehran. There is many different climate zones in all of Iran. Most of Iran is semiarid including the capital. That means that it has hot, dry summers and cool, dry winters. In a portion of the center and at the coast of the Indian Ocean it is arid. In the sections that are arid, it is hot and dry all year with very little rain. Also in the top left corner it is warm all year with dry summers and very short, rainy winters. Iran has many different vegetation zones. One of them is a mixed forest which consists of deciduous and coniferous trees. Another vegetation zone is coniferous forests. In the very tip of the left corner of Iran it is temperate grassland which means it has short and tall grasses adapted to cool climates. In a very small portion of Iran it is desert. In that part of Iran it is a very arid region with few plants. For the most part, Iran is desert scrub. That is small trees, bushes, and other plants that are adapted to a dry climate. The capital has the most people per square mile. That is about 125-250 people. There is under 2 people in 3 different sections of Iran. Those sections are right in the middle. In the top left hand corner of Iran, there is about 25-125 people. Throughout most of this country it is between 2-25 people per square mile. There are many different population densities in this country. There is 4 different economic activity sections of Iran. Covering most of the country is nomadic herding. That means that they move around to find food and water for their animals. They use the animals' milk, hides, and other products from the animal. Along the whole top border line of Iran, the economic use is commercial farming. That means that they grow crops and raise livestock to sell. In the top left corner, most people subsistence farm which means that they grow only enough crops to feed their family. In a very tiny section of Iran, right on the coast of the Indian Ocean, most people commercial fish. That means that they live by fishing in that ocean and then selling the fish they catch. There are many different natural resources found in Iran but are scattered over the whole country. These include precious metals like gold, silver, and copper, petroleum, iron, natural gas, coal, and hydroelectric power. Most of these icons on the map are scattered but along the coast of the Indian Ocean and the bordering country is a big clump of petroleum and natural gas.