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Snow-covered Koh-i-Baba mountains in Bamyan Province The Hindu Kush mountain range reaches a height of 7,492 m (24,580 ft) at Noshaq , Afghanistan's highest peak. Of the ranges extending southwestward from the Hindu Kush, the Foladi peak ( Shah Foladi ) of the Baba mountain range ( Koh-i-Baba ) reaches the greatest height: 5,142 m (16,870 ft).
The Highlands are cut through by the rivers of Afghanistan, including the Kabul, Helmand, Farah, Hari, Marghab, and Panj rivers. At the Shibar Pass, the Koh-i-Baba branches out from the Hindu Kush. The region has mountain pastures during summer (sardsīr), watered by the many small streams and rivers.
Topographic map of northeastern Afghanistan with Koh-i-Baba on the left. The Baba Mountain range (Pashto: بابا غر Bâbâ Ǧar; Persian: کوه بابا Kōh-i Bābā; or Kūh-e Bābā; [2] Kōh or Kūh meaning ′mountain′, Bābā meaning ′father′) is the western extension of the Hindu Kush, and the origin of Afghanistan's Kabul, Arghandab, Helmand, Farah, Hari, Murghab, Balkh, and ...
Hindu Kush (top right) and its extending mountain ranges like Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh or Koh-i-Baba to the west. The Hindu Kush is an 800-kilometre-long (500 mi) mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and eastern Afghanistan [2] [3] into northwestern Pakistan and far southeastern Tajikistan.
The majority of the valleys are located in parts of northeastern, central, southern and southeastern Afghanistan. [ citation needed ] The southeastern areas are wetter and are covered by forest with trees such as cypress , oak , poplar , pine etc. [ citation needed ] The valleys are the most populated regions in the country, and much of the ...
The Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1309) covers the xeric (dry) eastern and southern slopes of the central mountain range of Afghanistan, between the sandy desert to the south and the alpine meadows in the higher, wetter region to the north.