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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Mountains canonical | 4 |
Statements (47)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mount Sikaram