Rugged Hindu Cush Range

The fragmented topography has fostered a diverse population of various ethnic groups and religions.

Rugged hindu cush range. Commonly understood to mean killer of the hindus killer of the indians or hindu killer in persian is an 800 kilometre long 500 mi mountain range that stretches through afghanistan from its centre to northern pakistan and into tajikistan the range forms the western section of the hindu kush himalayan region hkh and is the. The hindu kush range marks the watershed between the valleys draining the amu oxus river in pamirs at the roof of the world and the indus river basin draining into the arabian sea. This mountain range with its numerous valleys can be divided into three separate regions. Smaller groups are found in many of the country s interior valleys.

These include the cold war and most recently the us un collaboration to fight al qaeda and the taliban. The hindu kush could be nicknamed hindu killer for two main reasons. With sharp peaks deep valleys and many almost. The hindu kush mountains in particular have played an important role in tourism and unfortunately in wartime.

In general the east is more densely settled while the south is sparsely populated urbanization. First the mountains are extremely dangerous with high elevations and extreme climate preventing development or reliable transportation second the hindu kush are the traditional gateway to india for invaders from the north and west such as alexander the great and genghis khan. Geologically it resembles its neighbor the karakoram range. Populations tend to cluster in the foothills and periphery of the rugged hindu kush range.

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هندوکش k ʊ ʃ k uː ʃ. This mountain range has since ancient times housed various military endeavors. Mountains occupy all but the north central and. Nearly half the country has an elevation of 2 000 meters or more and the highest peaks in the northeastern hindu kush range exceed 7 000 meters.