KKH

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KKH is the abbreviation for the Karakoram Highway, a major high-altitude road linking Pakistan and China through the Karakoram mountain range.

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instanceOf high-altitude road
international highway
abbreviation KKH
alsoKnownAs Friendship Highway
builtBy Government of China
Government of Pakistan
connectsCountry China
Pakistan
constructionEndYear 1979
constructionStartYear 1966
crossesBorderAt Khunjerab Pass
followsRiver Hunza River NERFINISHED
Indus River
hazard avalanches
flooding
landslides
highestPointElevation about 4693 metres
knownFor being one of the highest paved international roads
landslides and rockfalls
scenic mountain landscapes
length about 1300 kilometres
lengthInChina about 494 kilometres
lengthInPakistan about 806 kilometres
locatedIn Karakoram Range
linked to: Karakoram
maintainedBy Chinese transport authorities
National Highway Authority of Pakistan
officialOpeningYear 1978
partOf China–Pakistan Economic Corridor
passesNear Attabad Lake
Hunza Valley
Nanga Parbat
Rakaposhi
passesThrough Gilgit-Baltistan
Himalayan foothills
Karakoram mountain range
linked to: Karakoram

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Pamir Plateau vicinity
Xinjiang
region Himalaya–Karakoram–Hindukush region
roadSurface paved
standsFor Karakoram Highway
terminusInChina Kashgar
Khunjerab Pass
terminusInPakistan Hasan Abdal
Islamabad region
upgradedBy China Road and Bridge Corporation
usedFor military logistics
tourism
trade between Pakistan and China

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Karakoram Highway abbreviation KKH
subject linked to: KKH