The Zagros are a mountain range in Iran. Basically on the windward side of the range it'll be really wet and on the lee ward side it'll be dry probably even a desert. The warm moist air is forced up the mountain where the cooler temperatures at the top cause condensation so it rains. Dry on the other side. The main range in Turkey are called the Taurus mountains.
Radiation and deaths of people
Well the chance of a hurricanes or tsunami damaging your city or house is greater. Another is that the soil closer to the coast can be a lot more moist, but that's not true for all places.
The cretaceous-tertiary mass extinction was apparently caused by a meteorite that struck Yucatan Peninsule in Mexico
The answer is C. Protagonist.