Living atlas · 46 landscapes

A continent in miniature.

The archive moves from humid Caspian forest through mountain chains and interior basins to hyper-arid desert, river, wetland and tidal coast. Landscape is the organising intelligence of Persian Wilds.

Persian habitats artwork
Ecological transect

From rain to salt.

The most useful map is not political. It follows moisture, altitude, substrate, vegetation and the ways life changes when one system becomes another.

North · humidHyrcanian forestRelict temperate broadleaf forest.High · coldAlborz alpineSnow, scree and cushion plants.West · seasonalZagros oakDry woodland and limestone.Interior · salineDasht-e KavirSalt polygons and mud flats.Southeast · hyper-aridDasht-e LutYardangs, dunes and wind.South · tidalPersian GulfMangroves and nursery water.
Open any landscape to read its region, habitat type and visual field notes.UNESCO · Lut Desert