Sulaiman Mountains
mountain range in Afghanistan and Pakistan
The Sulaiman Mountain Range is a north–south extension of the southern Hindu Kush mountain system in western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan. They rise to form the eastern edge of the Iranian plateau. They extend from northeastern Afghanistan into southwestern Pakistan, bordering the plains of the Indus River Valley to the east. To the north are the arid highlands of the Central Hindu Kush whose heights extend up to 3,383 m (11,099 ft). Together with the Central Brahui Range in Balochistan Province and Kirthar Mountains on the border between Balochistan and Sindh Province, the Sulaiman Mountains form the Sulaiman-Kirthar geologic province.
The highest and best-known peak of the main Sulaiman Range is the twin-peaked Takht-e-Sulaiman at 3,487 m (11,440 ft), located near Darazinda in Dera Ismail Khan. The highest peak in the Sulaiman Mountains subrange is Koh-i-Zarghun at 3,578 m (11,739 ft) near Quetta, located in the Central Brahui Range. The next highest peak in Balochistan Province is Khilafat Hill at 3,475 m (11,401 ft), also located in Central Brahui Range in the Ziarat District of Pakistan, and is famous for the Ziarat Juniper Forest, where Juniperus macropoda trees grow.
Geography
The Sulaiman Range extends from the Kandahar, Zabul and Paktia provinces in Afghanistan across Waziristan and Kurram districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northern Balochistan, and southwestern Punjab in Pakistan. In Afghanistan, the western edge of the range starts just beyond the northern Paktia province where they meet the Koh-i-Baba range.
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