Safed Koh

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Safed Koh ("white mountain") is a range of mountains on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, up to 15,620 ft (4,761 m) above sea-level at Mount Sikaram, straight and rigid, towering above all surrounding hills, it is near the Kabul River. 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.

[edit] 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)

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.