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	List of mountain ranges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of mountain ranges organized alphabetically by continent.
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_mountain_ranges (177 words)

	Land & People
		South of the high mountains, the ranges lose their height gradually and settle down finally in the Margalla hills (2,000-3,000 ft.) in the vicinity of Islamabad, the Capital of Pakistan, and Swat and Chitral hills, north of river Kabul.
		Kirthar Range :South of the Sulaiman Mountains is the Kirthar Range which forms a boundary between the Sindh plain and the Balochistan plateau.
		It is appreciable in the western mountains and the immediate forelying area; hre the rainfall average ranges from 27 to 76 cm.
	www.pakmission.ca /landandpeople.htm (2533 words)

	Sulaiman Mountains
		Bordering the Sulaiman Range to the north are the arid highlands of the Hindu Kush, with more than 50 percent of the lands there lying above 2,000 m (6,500 feet).
		The Sulaiman Range, and the high plateau to the west and southwest of it, helps form a natural barrier against the humid winds that blow from the Indian Ocean, creating arid conditions across Southern Afghanistan to the north.
		In contrast, the relatively flat and low-lying Indus Delta is situated due east and south of the Sulaiman Mountains.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/sulaiman_mountains (205 words)

	geography
		The scenery changes northward from coastal beaches, lagoons and mangrove swamps in the south to sandy deserts, desolate plateaus, fertile plains, and dissected upland in the middle and high mountains with beautiful valleys, snow-covered peaks and eternal glaciers in the north.
		South of the river Kabul spreads the Koh-e-Sofed Range with a general height of 10,000 ft. Its highest peak, Skaram, being 15,620 ft. South of Koh-e-Sofed are the Kohat and Waziristan hills (5,000 ft) which are traversed by the Kurram and Tochi rivers, and are bounded on south by Gomal river.
		The Potohar Upland commonly called the Potohar Plateau, lies to the south of northern mountains and is flanked in the west by River Indus and in the east by River Jhelum.
	www.brunet.bn /gov/emb/pakistan/geography.htm (1613 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
		The Altiplano is a high plateau formed during uplift of the Andes Mountains.
		This mountain is high enough to support a summit glacier, and enough rain falls on the windward slopes to provide water for small communities along the base.
		The dark volcanic rocks comprising Mt. Tunupa are in sharp contrast with the white, mineral-crusted surface of the salar.
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	area_and_location
		Here were rugged, barren, sunbrowned mountains, cleft by deep ravens and gorges.Forbidding of aspect in the full light of day, the hills were now, in the first light of dawn, clothed with a gentle effulgence that made them seem welcoming and friendly.
		In the north it is separated from India by the massive barrier of the southern buttresses of the Sulaiman Mountains.
		In the south there is the long extension from Kalat of the inconceivably wild highland country which faces the desert of Sind, the foot of which forms the Indian frontier.
	www.geocities.com /amin_parviz/area_and_location.html (1583 words)

	Exhibition Items - Earth As Art: A Landsat Perspective (Library of Congress Exhibition)
		This desolate landscape is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, on the border between the Coahuila and Nuevo Leon provinces of Mexico.
		This scar on an arid landscape is the dry riverbed of the Ghadamis River in the Tinrhert Hamada Mountains near Ghadamis, Libya.
		The peak of Kilimanjaro is on the right; the mountain is flanked by the plains of Amboseli National Park to the north and the rugged Arusha National Park to the south and west.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/earthasart/eaa-exhibit.html (1520 words)

	HomeLand
		Besides these high mountain peaks the area is known for the longest and dreadful glaciers found nowhere else except in the polar regions.
		South of the Sulaiman mountains there is Kirthar range which forms a boundary between the Baluchistan Plateau and the plains of Sindh.
		The mountains are spread in various directions attaining varying heights ranging from 6000 to 11000 ft (1,830 - 3,355 meters).
	members.fortunecity.com /ali4u/serv01.htm (5679 words)

	India - A Land Where Indianess Thrives, About India
		Listen to the seers and the folklorists, to the waters of the perennial rivers and the echoes from the immortal gigantic mountains.
		India is the name given to the vast peninsula which the continent of Asia throws out to the south of the magnificent mountain ranges that stretch in a sword like curve across the southern border of Tibet.
		This region is a highland zone rising to the chain of the Vindhya Mountains - forming the land of the river Cauvery Long revered by the people of India, for the bounties offertility bestowed by the gentle waters, this river flows from the azure mountains of the Nilgiris.
	www.mapsofindia.com /india/india.html (6702 words)

	History of Pashtuns, Pakhtoons, Pukhtuns, Pukhtoons, Pakhtuns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Mahmud Ghaznavi 'had to fight against the infidel Afghans in the Sulaiman mountains.' Even 200 years later in the encounter between Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj in 1192 A.D., according to Farishta, Hindu/Pagan Afghans were fighting on the side of the Rajput Chief.
		South of the Hindu Kush, another part of the Epthalite tribes lost their privileged status as the military stronghold of the ruling dynasty and was ousted into the thinly peopled areas of the Sulaiman mountains, areas where there were not enough water supplies and grazing grounds.
		In 1936 the dales and mountains of Waziristan resounded with the echoes of Jehad.
	pakhtun.com /AboutPashtuns/PakhtunsDetail.htm (6994 words)

	land & People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		the North High Mountainous Region, the Western Low Mountainous Region, the Balochistan Plateau, the Potohar Uplands, the Punjab and the Sindh Plains.
		Peaks and Glaciers Eric Shipton, a great mountainer who perished in Pakistan's Northern Areas, wrote in his account.
		In the far-north of Pakistan are valleys which are closed within the silent, brooding forts of these mountains and are almsot as high as the mountains themselves.
	www.infopak.gov.pk /public/people (2563 words)

	People in Wildlife Conservation
		He formulated a multi-faceted project that would protect the forests and biodiversity of the Sulaiman Mountains, focusing especially on protecting migratory birds from hunting in the Northwest Frontier Province, whilst demonstrating how sustainable utilization of wildlife species benefits conservation as well as the local economy.
		To save the forests of the Sulaiman Mountains, Ashiq had to face greedy contractors willing to go to any length to protect their interests.
		He also had to work intimately with rival tribal communities that live by their own rigid traditions and are involved in a complicated chain of conflicts and disputes.
	www.wildlifeofpakistan.com /people_conservation.htm (2616 words)

	NW Iran
		It is a land of green, highland pastures and windswept mountains and plateaux culminating in the legendary peak of Mt Ararat.
		There are also little known gems of Armenian architecture, such as the pilgrimage church of Kara Kilise, hidden away in the hills or the Church of Julfa on the Araxes River.
		Hidden deep within the mountains, Takht-i Sulaiman is a circular walled city that withstood Mark Antony's siege, built around a bottomless, vivid blue volcanic lake, one of the most stunning settings of any ruin in the world.
	home.freeuk.net /eastern-app/NWIran.htm (794 words)

	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development - Biodiversity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is divided by the mountains of the Hindu Kush and is host to rich flora and fauna.
		Afghanistan belongs to the Palaeoarctic region; it is separated from the Oriental region by the Sulaiman mountains.
		The tree species grow in isolated patches along the rivers and the cereals occur on the steppes and as weeds in cultivated land.
	www.icimod.org /focus/biodiversity/afgbio.htm (2806 words)

	GlobalCoordinate.com Geo-Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1802, Mount Chimborazo was thought to be the world’s tallest mountain, and the ambitious young German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt set out to climb it.
		He didn’t reach the summit, but he did reach an altitude of nearly 6,100 meters (20,000 feet), which was a new record for European mountaineers at that time.
		They are made of sediment eroded from the Rocky Mountains by the monumental Pleistocene glaciers, washed out into the plains, and now mostly stabilized by grassland vegetation.
	www.redtailcanyon.com /channels/EarthasArt.aspx (1800 words)

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	Google Earth Hacks - File Downloads - Mountains/Volcanos - Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan
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		Description: The Sulaiman Mountains are a major geological feature of Pakistan and one of the bordering ranges of the Indian subcontinent.
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	Sulaiman Mountains
		Sulaiman Mountains, range, extending c.250 mi (400 km) from N to S along the western edge of the Indus River valley in E Baluchistan province, central Pakistan.
		Three stranded on mountain rescued after third attempt (New Straits Times)
		Imran licks his wounds on a hiking trip in Pakistan's mountains as a relative says he first discussed separation a year ago Former cricketer's growing commitment to politics and public life blamed fo (The Sunday Telegraph)
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0847147.html (179 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Sulaiman Mountains @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Sulaiman Mountains @ HighBeam Research
		SULAIMAN MOUNTAINS [Sulaiman Mountains], range, extending c.250 mi (400 km) from N to S along the western edge of the Indus River valley in E Baluchistan province, central Pakistan.
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	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:SulmnMts&... (118 words)

	Earth As Art - Sulaiman Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Sulaiman Mountains are a major geological feature of Pakistan and one of the bordering ranges of the Indian subcontinent.
		The Sulaiman Mountains can be found on Landsat 7 WRS Path 152 Row 37/38/39, center: 31.75, 69.37.
		This file was last modified on Wednesday, 29-Jun-2005 11:46:27 EDT
	landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov /earthasart/sulaiman.html (73 words)

	Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Structural Evaluation of the Sulaiman Range, Pakistan and Implications for Prospectivity in the Mountain Belt and Foredeep, Pakistan; 1989 (Image)
		Geochemical Data for Outcrops and the Mughal Kot Seep, North Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan Partners Version, Pakistan; 1989 (Image)
		A Preliminary Assessment of Prospectivity within the Tertiary of the Sulaiman Foredeep, Pakistan. (Image)
	www.first-exchange.com /asia/index.asp?Country=Pakistan&maxshow=100 (213 words)

	Shepherd College
		Combining the skills of a master printer with state-of-the-art digital print technology, USGS produced these images as premium quality, fine art prints displaying rich color and precise detail.
		Photographed from a great distance and looking like eye-catching examples of modern art instead of photographs of earth are Mt. Kilimanjaro, Nomib Desert, Granges River Delta, Aleutian Clouds, Florida Everglades, Guiner Bissau, Terkezi Oasis, Demini River, West Fjords, Dragon Lake, Akpatak Island, Sulaiman Mountains, Konari Iran, MacDonnell Ranges, and the Atlas Mountains.
		This collection highlights images created by the USGS to introduce the public to the Landsat Program administered jointly by the USGS and NASA.
	www.shepherd.edu /college/landsat03.html (320 words)

	ASTER's Global View from Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Fold mountains by the corision of African plate, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
		Anticlinal structure by the Arabian plate drift, Souteastern part of Zagros Mountains, Iran
		The active volocano in the Andes Mountains, Pampa Luxsar lava complex, Bolivia - Chile border
	www.ersdac.or.jp /ASTERimage/ASTERimage_library_E.html (474 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan
		EO Newsroom: New Images - Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan
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		This image is part of the ongoing Landsat Earth as Art series.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10780 (190 words)

	Shuttle images of PAKISTAN
		In the Zone : Epic Survival Stories from the Mountaineering World
		Friend by Day, Enemy by Night : Organized Vengeance in a Kohistani Community (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology)
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	rove.to /pakistan (911 words)

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