Spin Ghar

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Spin Ghar is a prominent mountain range in eastern Afghanistan forming part of the border with Pakistan and known for its rugged, high peaks.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spin Ghar canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
alternativeName Safed Koh ⓘ
Spīn Ghar ⓘ
borderFeatureOf Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
climate cold winters ⓘ
moderate to warm summers ⓘ
contains high mountain passes ⓘ
continentalLocation Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
drainageTo Kabul River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kabul River

Kurram River basin ⓘ
linked to: Kurram River
elevation about 4755 m ⓘ
formsBorderWith Pakistan ⓘ
geologicalType fold mountains ⓘ
geology metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasPeak Mount Sikaram ⓘ
highestPeak Mount Sikaram ⓘ
knownFor high peaks ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
languageOfName Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
locatedIn Spin Ghar ⓘ
eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
near Jalalabad ⓘ
Khyber Pass region ⓘ
linked to: Khyber Pass
orientation roughly east–west ⓘ
partOf Hindu Kush mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush

eastern rim of the Afghan highlands ⓘ
region Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
runsAlong Afghanistan–Pakistan border ⓘ
separates Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
significance natural barrier between Afghan and Pakistani lowlands ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
snowCover seasonal ⓘ
usedFor local pastoralism ⓘ
small-scale agriculture in valleys ⓘ
vegetation alpine meadows at higher elevations ⓘ
coniferous forests at mid-elevations ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

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

Mount Sikaram → locatedIn → Spin Ghar ⓘ
subject linked to: Spin Ghar
Jamrud → locatedInMountainRange → Spin Ghar ⓘ
White Mountains → alsoKnownAs → Spin Ghar ⓘ
Safed Koh range → alsoKnownAs → Spin Ghar ⓘ
Waziristan → mountainRange → Spin Ghar ⓘ