White Mountains

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The White Mountains, known locally as Safed Koh, are a prominent mountain range along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border, noted for their high peaks and strategic passes near the Khyber region.

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White Mountains canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain range
natural region
accessedVia mountain tracks and passes
alsoKnownAs Safed Koh
Spin Ghar
countryBorderFeatureOf Afghanistan–Pakistan border
elevation about 4755 metres
formsWatershedFor Kabul River
surface form: Kabul River basin

Kurram River
surface form: Kurram River basin
geologicalType fold mountains
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Pashtun communities
hasEconomicActivity limited pastoralism
small-scale forestry
hasHighestPeak Mount Sikaram
hasLanguageRegion Pashto-speaking areas
hasLocalNameInPashto Safed Koh
Spin Ghar
hasSnowCover seasonal
hasStrategicPass Khyber Pass
surface form: Khyber Pass region

various local passes between Afghanistan and Pakistan
hasUse military strategic area
traditional trade routes
hasVegetation coniferous forests in some areas
influencesClimateOf Khyber region
Laghman–Nangarhar valley
surface form: Nangarhar Valley
knownFor high peaks
snow-covered summits in winter
strategic passes
locatedIn Afghanistan
Pakistan
White Mountains self-linksurface differs
locatedInProvince Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Nangarhar Province
locatedOnBorderOf Afghanistan
Pakistan
nameMeaning White Mountain
near Jalalabad, Afghanistan
surface form: Jalalabad

Khyber Pass
Peshawar
orientation roughly east–west
partOf Hindu Kush mountain system
Safed Koh range
surface form: Safed Koh Range

eastern ranges of the Hindu Kush
runsAlong Afghanistan–Pakistan border
separates Nangarhar Province
surface form: Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan
terrain rugged

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Safed Koh nameMeaning White Mountains
Tora Bora locatedIn White Mountains
White Mountains locatedIn White Mountains self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mount Sikaram
Spin Ghar range nameMeaning White Mountains