Spin Ghar region

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The Spin Ghar region is a mountainous area along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border dominated by the Spin Ghar (Safed Koh) range, known for its rugged terrain and strategic valleys.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Spin Ghar region canonical 3
Spin Ghar region (broad area) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
approximateOrientation east–west ⓘ
borderFunction natural barrier between Afghanistan and Pakistan ⓘ
climateCharacteristic cold winters ⓘ
mild to warm summers ⓘ
climateType continental climate ⓘ
countryBorderFeatureOf Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
drainageBasinOf Kabul River system ⓘ
linked to: Kabul River

Kurram River system ⓘ
linked to: Kurram River
extendsInto eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Afghanistan

northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
geologicalFeature deep valleys ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
hasEthnicGroups Pashtuns ⓘ
hasFeature mountain passes ⓘ
strategic valleys ⓘ
hasHighestPoint Mount Sikaram ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse insurgent hideout ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
hasLanguageCommunities Pashto speakers ⓘ
hasMountainRange Safed Koh ⓘ
Spin Ghar ⓘ
hasPass Khyber Pass (regionally adjacent, not within core range) ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass

Peiwar Pass ⓘ
Tora Bora area passes ⓘ
knownFor difficult accessibility ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
strategic importance ⓘ
locatedIn Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
mountainRangeType limestone mountains ⓘ
nearbyCity Jalalabad ⓘ
Parachinar ⓘ
orogeny Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Nangarhar Province ⓘ
partOf Afghanistan–Pakistan borderlands ⓘ
Hindu Kush mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush
separates Indus River plain ⓘ
linked to: Indo-Gangetic Plain

Kabul Basin ⓘ
linked to: Kabul valley
strategicRole historical transit route between Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ
terrainType rugged terrain ⓘ
usedFor limited agriculture in valleys ⓘ
local pastoralism ⓘ
vegetationType alpine meadows ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bara Valley → locatedInMountainRange → Spin Ghar region ⓘ
Kalaya → locatedInMountainRange → Spin Ghar region (broad area) ⓘ
linked to: Spin Ghar region
Sadda → locatedInMountainRange → Spin Ghar region ⓘ