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Pages in category "Mountains of Afghanistan" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Barai Ghar; C.
It lies on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The north and west sides of the mountain are in Afghanistan whereas the south and eastern sides are in Pakistan. Noshaq is Afghanistan's highest mountain and is located in the northeastern corner of the country along the border with Pakistan. It is the westernmost 7,000 m (22,966 ft) peak ...
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).
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 ...
In the distance, he could see white snow-capped mountains, greenery and blossoming trees spread across Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley. It was “one of the most beautiful places I’ve been to in ...
An arc of the mountains extends up to Quetta, Ziarat, and Kalat in Balochistan in the south, which are home to large juniper forests. There are about 4,000 glaciers with an overall area of about 2,700 km 2, mostly located between 4,000 and 5,000 m above sea level. Most of the glaciers occur in the east, mostly on north-facing slopes which are ...
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.
Kushan Pass linking northern Afghanistan to the region. Lataband Pass; Tang-e Gharu is a gorge which links Afghanistan with Pakistan; Salang Pass crosses the Hindu Kush linking Kabul with northern Afghanistan – nowadays through a tunnel. Wakhjir Pass to China