Hindu Kush

E9537
geographical feature mountain mountain pass mountain range

The Hindu Kush is a major mountain range in Central and South Asia, forming a rugged extension of the Himalayas and serving as a historic crossroads between the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Hindu Kush canonical 115
Hindu Kush region 31
Hindu Kush mountains 27

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain ⓘ
mountain pass ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
borderRegionOf Central Asia ⓘ
Indian subcontinent ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
climate high-mountain climate ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
ecoregions alpine meadows ⓘ
montane forests ⓘ
elevation 7708 m ⓘ
extendsFrom central Afghanistan ⓘ
extendsTo northern Pakistan ⓘ
formedBy collision of Indian Plate and Eurasian Plate ⓘ
geology fold-and-thrust belt ⓘ
glaciers numerous mountain glaciers ⓘ
highestElevation 7708 m ⓘ
highestPoint Tirich Mir ⓘ
historicalRole military corridor for invasions of the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
trade route between Central Asia and Indian subcontinent ⓘ
knownFor difficult passes ⓘ
rugged terrain ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
length approximately 800 km ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
Hindu Kush self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Hindu Kush self-linksurface differs ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
nearbyCities Kabul ⓘ
Peshawar ⓘ
orientation southwest–northeast ⓘ
orogeny Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpine orogeny
partOf Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt ⓘ
surface form: Alpide belt

Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
surface form: Himalayan orogenic system
passesInclude Khyber Pass vicinity ⓘ
Salang Pass ⓘ
riverBasins Amu Darya basin ⓘ
Indus River basin ⓘ
surface form: Indus basin

Kabul River ⓘ
surface form: Kabul River basin
seismicActivity high ⓘ
snowCover permanent snow at higher elevations ⓘ
timeZoneRegion UTC+4:30 (Afghanistan) vicinity ⓘ
UTC+5 (Pakistan) vicinity ⓘ
traversedBy Alexander the Great ⓘ
Islamic armies during early Islamic expansion ⓘ
Kushan Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (206)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pakistan → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Himalayas → contains → Hindu Kush ⓘ
South Asia → hasMountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Nuristani languages → geographicDistribution → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush region
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → hasMountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Hindu Kush → locatedIn → Hindu Kush self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Tirich Mir
Hindu Kush → locatedIn → Hindu Kush self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Salang Pass
Afghanistan → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt → majorRangeIncludes → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Eastern Iranian languages → geographicDistribution → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush region
Nuristani people → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Hindu Kush
Federally Administered Tribal Areas (historical region) → locatedInMountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
subject surface form: Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Amu Darya → sourceRegion → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Amu Darya → region → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Tregami language → linguisticArea → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Nuristan Province → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Nuristan Province → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Nuristan Province → region → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Hindu Kush
Pamir Mountains → connectsMountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Eastern Afghanistan → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Chitral District → locatedInMountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Lowari Pass → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Lowari Pass → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Kohistan ranges → partOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountain system
Kalash people → region → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Khyber Pass → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Kalash Valleys → partOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Kalash Valleys → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
South-Central Asia → borderFeature → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
Swat → locatedInRegion → Hindu Kush ⓘ
subject surface form: Swat Valley
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush foothills
Malakand Division → terrain → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush foothills
Swat Valley → partOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush region
Swat Valley → hasMountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
KPK → contains → Hindu Kush ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
KP → contains → Hindu Kush ⓘ
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
Malam Jabba → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountains
Malam Jabba → hasViewOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountain ranges
Tirich Mir → partOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Tirich Mir → mountainRange → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Tirich Mir → isHighestPointOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Tirich Mir → locatedInProtectedArea → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountain region of Pakistan
Safed Koh → partOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountain system
Indus River basin → partlyLocatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Kabul River → sourceRegion → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Afghanistan–Pakistan border → locatedOn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush region
Kumrat Valley → partOf → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush region
Salang Pass → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ
Salang Pass → geologicalSetting → Hindu Kush ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindu Kush mountain range
Noshaq → locatedIn → Hindu Kush ⓘ