Eastern Iranian plateau

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geographical region plateau

The Eastern Iranian plateau is a highland region in Central and South Asia encompassing parts of modern Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, historically home to various ancient Iranian peoples and cultures.

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Label	Occurrences
Eastern Iranian plateau canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ plateau ⓘ
borderedBy	Central Asian steppes to the north ⓘ Hindu Kush mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Indus River valley to the east ⓘ Makran and coastal lowlands to the south ⓘ Zagros Mountains to the west ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
elevation	generally between 500 and 3000 meters above sea level ⓘ
geology	tectonically active region ⓘ
hasPart	Balochistan highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ Helmand River basin NERFINISHED ⓘ Herat region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kandahar region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kohistan regions of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sistan Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ parts of northeastern Balochistan ⓘ
historicallyInhabitedBy	Achaemenid Iranians NERFINISHED ⓘ Bactrians NERFINISHED ⓘ Baloch tribes ⓘ Eastern Iranian peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthians NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ Saka NERFINISHED ⓘ Sogdians NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegionOverlap	Arachosia NERFINISHED ⓘ Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ Drangiana NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandhara NERFINISHED ⓘ Khorasan NERFINISHED ⓘ Sistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyHistoricallySpoken	Eastern Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Greater Khorasan region NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance	core area of Eastern Iranian cultural development ⓘ historical corridor between Iran, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
traversedBy	Silk Road branches ⓘ ancient trade routes ⓘ

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Avestan language → region → Eastern Iranian plateau ⓘ