"النقل الآلي الطرق في بلاد فارس. المجلد ١ - الطرق الرئيسية. ١٩٤٢" [ظ‎‎٣‎٢] (٤٩٨/٦٩)

ROUTE II—SECTION B.
SENNEH TO DIWAN DARREH.
Distance. —58£ miles.
Number of stages. —4.
Date of compilation. —December 1941.
Refeience 4" sheet. —2-M,
GENERAL REPORT.
1 . Classification—C. 1, and in very wet weather, impass
able to fully laden light M. T.
2. Surface and grading. —A track of average width KT.
Smooth and very lightly shingled to a width of 6'. Is sufficiently
cambered and ditched. Many severe gradients which combined
with rough, stony or soft road surface, will prove/ a serious
obstacle to fully laden M. T. especially in wet weather.
3. Character of adjacent country. —For the most part bare
undulating mountains lying at 6 , 0 ( 0 ' above sea level; inter
sected by deep and narrow valleys. Mountains stretch from
mile 1 to 12. It is seldom that the road is not commanded from
the flank. With the exception of the mountainous patches the
country off the road is almost ideal for cavalry operations, but
A. F. V’ s would have trouble with the soft nature of the soil and
the numerous small but deep-sided wadis.
4. Climatic effects. —The climate in summer, due to the
altitude is cool and exhilarating. In Autumn, Winter and Spring
the cold is intense. Much snow falls between December and
the end of February.
5. Exceptional features. —The Pass from mile 7-13. All
the streams in late Winter and Spring. The bleak moorland in
mid-Winter and in Spring, which is rendered a bog.
6 Repair facilities —There is very little metal near the.
road, but a good deal of gravel. Civilian labour is scarce.
7. Supply facilities.
(a) Camping ground. —Suitable sites are plentiful.
Cover from air is lacking.
(b) Water. —Plentiful throughout. No waterless
stretch for more than 5 miles is encountered
anywhere.
(o') Supplies. —SENNEH has plentiful supplies. The
villages en route being KURDISH are largely
inhabitated by nomads and are wretchedly poor.