Spin Ghar range

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The Spin Ghar range is a rugged mountain range along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, known for its high peaks, strategic passes, and role as a geographic barrier between the two countries.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spin Ghar range canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
climate cold highland climate ⓘ
containsPass Khyber Pass ⓘ
Peiwar Pass ⓘ
Shutargardan Pass ⓘ
linked to: Peiwar Pass
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
drainageBasin Indus River ⓘ
Kabul River ⓘ
extendsFrom near Kabul River valley ⓘ
extendsTo towards the Kurram Valley ⓘ
formsGeographicBarrierBetween Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
geologicalType fold mountains ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Safed Koh ⓘ
linked to: Safed Koh range

Spīn Ghar ⓘ
hasFeature deep valleys ⓘ
snow-covered peaks in winter ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
highestPeak Mount Sikaram ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 15597 feet ⓘ
about 4755 metres ⓘ
knownFor high peaks ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
strategic passes ⓘ
languageOfName Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language
locatedInProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
Kunar Province ⓘ
Nangarhar Province ⓘ
locatedInRegion eastern Afghanistan ⓘ
northwestern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedOnBorderOf Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
nameMeaning White Mountains ⓘ
partOf Hindu Kush system ⓘ
linked to: Hindu Kush

mountain systems of South-Central Asia ⓘ
partOfPoliticalBoundary Durand Line ⓘ
region Afghanistan–Pakistan borderlands ⓘ
separates Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
strategicImportance controls key passes between Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ
historical invasion route corridor ⓘ
usedFor limited agriculture in valleys ⓘ
local pastoralism ⓘ
vegetation alpine meadows at higher elevations ⓘ
coniferous forests at mid-elevations ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Kohat Division → locatedInMountainRange → Spin Ghar range ⓘ
Tora Bora → locatedIn → Spin Ghar range ⓘ