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The central Afghan highlands, or the Afghan Highlands (Dari/Persian: افغانستان کوهستانی; Pashto: غرنی افغانستان), is a geographic region of Afghanistan. Stretching from the Sabzak Pass near Herat in the west to the Little Pamir in the northeast, it includes the main Hindu Kush range and forms a western extension of ...
The Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1309) covers the xeric (dry) eastern and southern slopes of the central mountain range of Afghanistan, between the sandy desert to the south and the alpine meadows in the higher, wetter region to the north.
Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located on the Iranian Plateau, [6] at the crossroads of Central Asia [7] [8] and South Asia. [9] [10] The country is the 40th largest in the world in size.
Hindu Kush (top right) and its extending mountain ranges like Selseleh-ye Safīd Kūh or Koh-i-Baba to the west. The Hindu Kush is an 800-kilometre-long (500 mi) mountain range in Central and South Asia to the west of the Himalayas. It stretches from central and eastern Afghanistan [2] [3] into northwestern Pakistan and far southeastern Tajikistan.
Further north in Afghanistan is the Central Afghan Mountains xeric woodlands ecoregion (xeric being 'dry'). Along the east side is the Northwestern thorn scrub forests . In the middle of the ecoregion, along the tops of the highest ridges are isolated patches of two wetter ecoregions – the East Afghan montane conifer forests and Sulaiman ...
The Koh-i-Baba range of mountains is the western extension across Afghanistan of the Hindu Kush mountains. Elevations range from a low of 1,248 metres (4,094 ft) to a high of 4,868 metres (15,971 ft), with an average of 2,970 metres (9,740 ft). [3]
The primary ecoregion of the province is the central Afghan mountains xeric woodlands. Common vegetation is listed as dry shrub-land and pistachio. The high mountains of the northern portion of the province are in the Ghor-Hazarajat alpine meadow ecoregion, which is characterized by meadows, willows, and sea buckthorn. [5]
Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Afghanistan" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.