The Paropamisus Mountains
on www.ezilon.com (locally known as Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh"Herāt"
in: Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Jun. 2021, Accessed 6 January 2022, ATTENTION: The name there is right but the link in the article is wrong and leading to the other ″Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh″ Spīn Ghar.) is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

in north western

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stretching circa 300 mi (480 km)Paropamisus
in: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed., 28 Dec. 2021 between the western extension of the Hindu Kush in the east (near Chaghcharan, also called Firozkoh) and following the north bank of the Hari River via Herat toward the eastern extensions of Alborz Mountains in

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in the west. These mountains are part of the large Alpide belt. Silver and lead deposits are found in Paropamisus. The Marghab River rise is in the region.

External links

Silsilah-ye Safēd Kōh
on geonames.org
Paropamisus Mountains
on geographic.org
Safid Kuh
in: Universal-Lexikon (German) 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh Mountain ranges of Afghanistan Herat Province Ghor Province Badghis Province

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