Bazman

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For the city in Iran, see Bazman, Iran. For the administrative subdivision of Iran, see Bazman District.
Bazman

ISS astronaut photo of Bazman.
Elevation 3,490 m (11,450 ft)
Prominence 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Listing Ultra
Location
Bazman
Iran
Location Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
Coordinates 28°07′N 60°00′E / 28.117°N 60.000°E / 28.117; 60.000Coordinates: 28°07′N 60°00′E / 28.117°N 60.000°E / 28.117; 60.000
Geology
Type Stratovolcano
Last eruption Unknown

Bazman (Persian: بزمان, also known as Kuh-e Bazman‎) is a stratovolcano in a remote desert region of Sistan and Baluchestan Province in southeastern Iran. A 500-m-wide crater caps the summit of the dominantly andesitic volcano. Although no historic eruptions have been reported from Bazman, it does contain fumaroles. Thus Bazman may be regarded as dormant, rather than extinct. Its satellite cones have been the source of basaltic lava flows.

Bazman is heavily dissected by channels that extend downwards from summit. This radial drainage pattern—similar to the spokes of a bicycle wheel—is readily observed from the International Space Station. Such patterns can form around high, symmetric peaks when water runoff and erosion is not constrained by barriers to flow or resistance by geologic materials. The result is essentially even distribution of water runoff channels around the peak. [1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bazman Volcano, Iran at NASA Earth Observatory
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