Hindu Kush in Northern Moutains

Hindu Kush in Northern Moutains

  September 04, 2019    Fantasy

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Location

•    The Hindu Kush range lies where the borders of Afghanistan and China meet on Pakistan's north and north-west border.
•    This range runs in a north- south direction.

Topography

•    The range consist of high, steep valley sides covered with snow cap in winters

Climate

•    The region falls in highland zone where winters are cold and harsh while summers are mild

Precipitation

•    Rainfall is mostly in snow however, in summers precipitation is in the form of rainfall

Drainage

•    Due to cold temperatures rivers are in the form of snow.

Agriculture

•    Mountains are bare of vegetation
•    Some rich forests are found in the extreme south-east as well as in the hills of Swat, Kohistan, the Panjokara valley and Dir District.
•    Rice is cultivated on terraced fields of the Hindu Kush Mountains in areas of Swat, Chitral and Dir.

Impact on lives of people

•    Nomadic, transhumance and settled life is common.

Special Feature

•    With mountains like Tirich Mir (7690m) and large glaciers it resembles the Karakoram Range.
•    Passes are still important today.
•    The Shandur Pass connects Gilgit and Chitral,
•    The Shangla Pass links the Swat valley to the upper part of the Indus valley
•    The Lawarai Pass connects Chitral to the Swat Valley and the Vale of Peshawar.
•    It consists of Swat River valley.
•    Through the centuries, the passes across the Hindu Kush have been of immense historic and military significance.
•    Many invaders, Alexander the Great, Mahmud of Ghazni, the Ghauris, Timurlane and the Mughal king Babar, crossed the Hindu Kush through these passes.