The Shirabad Waterfall is a waterfall in the northern Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian village of Shirabad

Shirabad

Shirabad or Shir-Abad may refer to:*ShirAbad Waterfall, Iran*Shirabad, Afghanistan*Parakar, Armenia, formerly Shirabad...

. It is 7 kilometers south of Khanbebin

Khanbebin

Khan Bebin is a city in Fenderesk District, in Ramian County in Golestan Province, in northern Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,435, in 2,561 families....

, in the Fenderesk

Fenderesk

Fenderesk is a district in Golestan Province in northern Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 34,326, in 8,206 families.The place in which Mirza Abolghasem Mirfendereski, was born....

 district of Golestan Province

Golestan Province

Golestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country, south of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan....

 and in the slopes of the Alborz

Alborz

Alborz , also written as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan...

 mountains in a forested area. This waterfall is in the form of a stairway and includes 12 large and small waterfalls. Its largest waterfall is 30 metres (98.4 ft) high and its plunge pool

Stream pool

A stream pool, in hydrology, is a stretch of a river or stream in which the water depth is above average and the water velocity is quite below average.-Formation:...

is 40 to 80 m (131.2 to 262.5 ft) deep.