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...
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Kush generally refers to a pure or hybrid Cannabis indica strain. Pure C. indica strains include Afghan Kush, Hindu Kush, Green Kush, and Purple Kush...
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Hindu Kush earthquake may refer to these earthquakes in the Hindu Kush mountains: 1983 Hindu Kush earthquake 1991 Hindu Kush earthquake 2002 Hindu Kush...
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Look up kush, Cush, Kush, or cush in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kush or Cush may refer to: Cush (Bible), two people and one or more places in the...
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(with topographic prominence greater than 1,500 metres) in the Karakoram, Hindu Kush and neighbouring ranges. The list includes 4 of the 14 8000m summits,...
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in the Hindu Kush is a 1958 book by the English travel writer Eric Newby. It is an autobiographical account of his adventures in the Hindu Kush, around...
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The 2002 Hindu Kush earthquakes struck in northern Afghanistan during the month of March. At least 166 people were killed with a very large and intermediate-depth...
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2015 Hindu Kush earthquake may refer to: December 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake October 2015 Hindu Kush earthquake Hindu Kush earthquake (disambiguation)...
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(Antiochus) crossed the Caucasus (the Caucasus Indicus or Paropamisus: mod. Hindú Kúsh) and descended into India; renewed his friendship with Sophagasenus the...
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Mad honey (section In the Hindu Kush Himalayan region)
where it is used as a traditional medicine and recreational drug. In the Hindu Kush Himalayan range, it is produced by Himalayan giant honey bees (Apis laboriosa)...
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with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains...
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The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush is a book written by Sir George Scott Robertson, illustrated by Arthur David McCormick, and published in 1896 by Lawrence...
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located below the Third Pole, delineated by the Himalayas in the north, the Hindu Kush in the west, and the Indo-Burman Ranges in the east. The neighboring geographical...
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Hindu Kush. Gingko Library. p. 120. ISBN 9781909942851. Zoller, Claus Peter (2018). ""Pagan Christmas: Winter feast of the Kalasha of the Hindu Kush"...
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Kusha (redirect from Kush (Hindu))
Kusha (Sanskrit: कुश, romanized: Kuśa) is a Chandravamsha king in Hindu mythology. He was the father of Kushanabha (who later became Rajarshi Kushanabha)...
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with plains in the north and the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. Kabul is the country's capital and largest city. Afghanistan's...
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among India, Pakistan, and China. It is bordered by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges on the northwest, Tibetan Plateau in the north, and by the Indo-Gangetic...
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Nuristanis (category Hindu Kush)
borderline vacant location. Noted linguist Richard Strand, an authority on Hindu Kush languages, observed the following about pre-Islamic Nuristani religion:...
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Hindukush (disambiguation) (redirect from Hindu Kush (disambiguation))
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hindu Kush is a mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Hindukush or Hindu Kush may also refer to: Hindukush (Jowzjan)...
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range) but some peaks above 7,000 m are included in the Himalayan and Hindu Kush ranges. Moreover, Pakistan is home to over 7,000 glaciers, more than anywhere...
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The Hindu Kush alpine meadow ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1005) covers a portion of the Hindu Kush Mountain Range in northern Afghanistan. Most of the terrain...
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Fil Kush (Dari: فيل کش) is a mountain of the Hindu Kush in southwestern Afghanistan. The name of the mountain literally means "elephant killer". It is...
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2023 Badakhshan earthquake (redirect from 2023 Hindu Kush earthquake)
boundary, are sourced from within the Indian plate as it dives beneath the Hindu Kush. As the tectonic slab of the Indian plate descends at a near-vertical...
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The 1983 Hindu Kush earthquake occurred south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan in northeast Afghanistan at 03:52 PST on December 31, 1983, near the border with...
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with Mir Wali who convinced him it was impossible to proceed through the Hindu Kush until the summer thaw. Hayward returned to India, again crossing the Himalaya...
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Valleys of Afghanistan (section Southern Hindu Kush)
Khenjan Valley Tala wa Barfak Valley (see Tala wa Barfak District) Southern Hindu Kush valleys include (among others):[citation needed] Panj Valley Valley Korm...
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recounted in the Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Hindu traditions claim he ruled the entire region of Kashmir, Indus River and Hindu Kush as frontier lands...
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Pakistan. The region inhabited by the Nuristanis is located in the southern Hindu Kush mountains, and is drained by the Alingar River in the west, the Pech River...
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"Unravelling Climate Change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: Rapid Warming in the Mountains and Increasing Extremes". The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment. pp. 57–97...
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is an annual plant species in the family Cannabaceae indigenous to the Hindu Kush mountains of Southern Asia. The plant produces large amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol...
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