Spīn Ghar
Safēd Kōh (Persian: سفید کوه, lit. "white mountain") or Spin Ghar (Pashto: سپين غر, lit. "white mountain"), also known as the Safīd Mountain Range or Morga Range,[1] is a mountain range on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, up to 4,761 m (15,620 ft) above sea-level at Mount Sikaram, straight and rigid, towering above all surrounding hills. Except for a narrow trough cut by the Kābul River, which breaks through the mountains to flow eastward into the Indus River, the range connects directly with the Shandūr offshoot of the Hindu Kush mountain system.[1]
A spur of the range is crossed by the Khyber Pass. The lower slopes are nearly barren; pine and deodar formerly grew on the main range, but devastation during the Afghan civil war reduced timber resources. The valleys support some agriculture.
See also
- Mountain ranges of Pakistan
- List of mountain ranges of the world
- List of mountains in Pakistan
- List of highest mountains (a list of mountains above 7,200m)
References
- ^ a b Safīd Mountain Range in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2009
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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