Plain Mokhtaran is a tourism land workshop )Introduction of geomorphic landforms through field visits(

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

2 Academic Member of Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

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The land of Iran has high potentials in the field of geo-tourism and tourist attractions at the national, regional and local levels. Mokhtaran Plain in the south of Birjand is a geo-site that has a geological and geomorphological heritage on a small scale. This study is to introduce and evaluate the tourist land attractions of geomorphic landforms of Mokhtaran plain and adjacent areas in the field of tourism growth and development. Mokhtaran plain is geometrically in the form of an elliptical shape with southeast-northwest extension, which is surrounded by heights and the central part of the plain. The area of ​​Mokhtaran plain is 1264 square kilometers. The various geo-tourism attractions of Mokhtaran Plain include Akbarabad Knock, Nebka, sand dunes, interconnected alluvial fans, Rigi Plain, Giushad Crater in the northwest and Agh Kooh Crater in the south of Mokhtaran Plain. Its tourist attractions have been studied using descriptive-analytical, library and field visits. Easy access from two separate routes, its short distance from Birjand city, the existence of geomorphic landforms in Mokhtaran plain with short distance, Sarbisheh perlite mine, Gourid, Badland basaltic prisms, watershed management measures and suitable opportunities for geo-tourism development in Mokhtaran plain.

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