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36: 196: 241: 189: 613: 396:, blue-black and shining, shimmer in the sunlight for they contain an estimated reserve of 2 billion tons of iron ore; Asia's richest deposit. The very steep descent from the Hajigak Pass (3,700 m (12,100 ft)) with its numerous hairpin bends leads to the sparkling Kalu River, known locally as the Sauzao or Green Waters. It is bordered by poplars and several charming villages. 102: 399:
There is a mining camp high above the road at the bottom of the pass and almost any black stone picked from the side of the road in its vicinity will impress you with its weight. Piles of neatly stacked rock cleared from the fields impress one with the industry of these Afghan farmers. In the fall
365:. These spurs retain a considerable altitude, for they are marked by peaks exceeding 11,000 ft (3,400 m). They sweep in a broad band of roughly parallel ranges to the southwest, preserving their general direction till they abut on the Great 373:, where they terminate in a series of detached and broken anticlinals whose sides are swept by a sea of encroaching sand. The long, straight, level-backed ridges which divide the 505: 346: 145: 744: 627: 532: 754: 739: 188: 79: 57: 50: 419:. Much of the population heavily depends on agriculture as their prime source of income and potato the prime crop. 647: 501: 525: 20: 138: 678: 632: 698: 637: 564: 518: 428: 44: 338:) rising 5048 m (some old maps and dictionaries: 5143 m) above sea level, and is located south of 61: 485: 357:. To the southwest of the culminating peaks, long spurs divide the upper tributaries of the 8: 749: 602: 444:, Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography (1885). 315: 240: 708: 693: 688: 587: 577: 264: 473: 350: 592: 582: 572: 541: 461: 303: 253: 219: 703: 683: 597: 412: 733: 718: 642: 404: 358: 319: 307: 160: 147: 551: 408: 393: 378: 327: 662: 362: 323: 311: 299: 295: 612: 400:
one may also see the ladies weaving in open fields beside their houses.
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Topographic map of northeastern Afghanistan with Koh-i-Baba on the left
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plateau merges farther to the west by gentle gradients into the
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Countries and Tribes Bordering on the Koh-i-Baba Range
353:, and which may be traced across the Hari River to 290:meaning ′father′) is the western extension of the 731: 506:Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System 385:valleys, and flank the route from Kandahar to 526: 502:Tourism Conference In Bamyan - B-roll, Part 2 533: 519: 361:, and separate its basin from that of the 330:rivers. The mountain range is crowned by 80:Learn how and when to remove this message 239: 43:This article includes a list of general 403:The area is inhabited mostly by ethnic 732: 514: 29: 745:Landforms of Maidan Wardak Province 540: 268: 257: 23:. For the Afghan Hazara tribe, see 13: 195: 49:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 766: 495: 611: 392:The high jagged peaks above the 194: 187: 100: 34: 755:Mountain ranges of Afghanistan 479: 467: 455: 1: 448: 434: 133:5,048 m (16,562 ft) 16:Mountain range in Afghanistan 740:Landforms of Bamyan Province 7: 474:Bābā Mountains (Kūh-e Bābā) 422: 10: 771: 633:Ajar Valley Nature Reserve 476:in Encyclopædia Britannica 18: 699:Hajigak mining concession 671: 638:Band-e Amir National Park 620: 609: 563: 548: 230: 181: 176: 137: 127: 119: 114: 99: 94: 462:Shah Fuladi, Afghanistan 429:Geography of Afghanistan 210:Position on the heights 488:on universal_lexikon.de 64:more precise citations. 369:desert to the west of 245: 243: 161:34.64528°N 67.62417°E 294:, and the origin of 286:meaning ′mountain′, 250:Baba Mountain range 234:Central Afghanistan 157: /  246: 166:34.64528; 67.62417 115:Highest point 727: 726: 709:Shahr-e Gholghola 694:Buddhas of Bamyan 689:Bamyan University 464:on peakbagger.com 417:Sayyid households 415:. 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Fuladi, Iran
Poladha
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Bamyan
Elevation
Coordinates
34°38′43″N 67°37′27″E / 34.64528°N 67.62417°E / 34.64528; 67.62417
Koh-i-Baba is located in Afghanistan
Ab Bala
Kamati
Bamyan Province

Pashto
Persian
Hindu Kush
Afghanistan
Kabul
Arghandab
Helmand
Farah
Hari
Murghab
Balkh
Kunduz
Bamyan

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