Sulaiman Mountains
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The Sulaiman Mountains are a major mountain range in southwestern Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan, forming a rugged natural barrier between the Iranian Plateau and the Indus River valley.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sulaiman Mountains canonical | 10 |
| Sulaiman Mountains region | 1 |
| Sulaiman Mountains system | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
mountain pass
ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ mountain peak ⓘ mountain range ⓘ |
| administrativeRegion |
Balochistan, Pakistan
ⓘ
Kandahar Province ⓘ
surface form:
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
surface form:
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Zabul Province ⓘ
surface form:
Zabul Province, Afghanistan
|
| climate | continental semi-arid ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ |
| drainsTo | Indus River basin ⓘ |
| ecosystem | semi-arid ⓘ |
| forms | natural barrier ⓘ |
| geologicalComposition |
limestone
ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ sedimentary rocks ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | collision zone between Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificanceFor |
Baloch people
ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun people
|
| hasPass |
Gomal Pass
ⓘ
Zhob Pass ⓘ |
| highestPoint | Takht-e-Sulaiman ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Eastern Afghanistan
ⓘ
western Pakistan ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern Pakistan
Sulaiman Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Sulaiman Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ Sulaiman Mountains self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Sulayman
ⓘ
surface form:
Suleiman (Solomon)
|
| near |
Indus River
ⓘ
Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian Plateau
|
| partOf |
Hindu Kush–Karakoram region
ⓘ
surface form:
Hindu Kush–Himalayan region
border region between Central Asia and South Asia ⓘ orogenic belt of western Pakistan ⓘ |
| rangeOrientation | north–south ⓘ |
| region |
Balochistan, Pakistan
ⓘ
surface form:
Balochistan
Kandahar Province ⓘ Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ Zabul Province ⓘ |
| separates |
Indus River basin
ⓘ
surface form:
Indus River valley
Iranian plateau ⓘ
surface form:
Iranian Plateau
|
| usedFor |
dryland agriculture
ⓘ
seasonal grazing ⓘ |
| vegetation |
dry forests
ⓘ
shrublands ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region)
→
locatedInMountainRange
→
Sulaiman Mountains
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
this entity surface form:
Sulaiman Mountains system
subject surface form:
Quetta
subject surface form:
Takht-e-Sulaiman
subject surface form:
Gomal Pass
subject surface form:
Zhob Pass
this entity surface form:
Sulaiman Mountains region