ABSTRACT
This area, 12585.84 Km2,
is located around Taftan Mountain in the east of Iran. It lies between
latitudes 27°51' and 29°30'N, and longitudes 60°19' and 61°43'E. It has been studied on
quantitative and qualitative morphometric and other active tectonic indices
including symmetry of drainage basin (Asymmetry Factor), symmetry of
latitudinal topography and sinuosity of main front. It is founded that relative
active tectonic levels have been categorized in three groups: high, low and
middle. Finally, all indices have been integrated with desert relations. Then
the relative active tectonic level in area of 3-B is high; it is middle in the
areas and sub-areas 1 of 1-B, 1-C, 1-D, 1-E, 3-A, 3-B, 4-A, 4-C, 5-A, 5-B, 9-A,
9-B and 9-C and it is low in sub-areas of 1-C and 9-A. The relative active
tectonic levels in the east and south eastern areas where Mirjaveh and Khash
cities are located are higher than other areas. Tectonic actions of the areas
and sub-areas have been matched with structural elements.