Mount Derock or Deraak (also known as Kuh-eh Barfee or Mother Mount) is a

sedimentary rock Sedimentary rocks are types of rock (geology), rock formed by the cementation (geology), cementation of sediments—i.e. particles made of minerals (geological detritus) or organic matter (biological detritus)—that have been accumulated or de ...

mountain in Shiraz, Fars, in the

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region in Iran. It is located west and northwest of

Shiraz Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...

, Fars. It is called ''mother mountain'' because its shape resembles a pregnant woman lying on her back and the name ''mountain'' refers to it usually being white-capped in winter, meaning ''snow'' in

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. Geologically, Shiraz is a syncline valley city (NW–SE elongated) that formed between the Baba Kohi and Derak anticlines. File:Derak_Mountain_white_in_snow.jpg, Mount Derak view from Shiraz in winter File:DerakNorth.jpg, Snow Mount Derak File:Derak-Mount-Shiraz-Iran.jpg, Mount Derak view from Shiraz in winter File:Sunset shiraz.JPG, Sunset in Shiraz viewing north-west – Kowsar hospital is visible in the bottom right File:Shraz sunset 2.JPG, Golden hour in Shiraz viewing Mt. Derak

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{{reflist Mountains of Iran Landforms of Fars province Mountains of Fars Province