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"Hindu Kush" Quotes from Famous Books

... lands. In the beginning there is no doubt that the story belonged to the common ancestral folk of all the Teutonic of Scando-Gothic peoples in the earliest days of their wanderings. Whether they came from the Hindu Kush, or originated in Northern Europe, brought it with them from Asia, or evolved it among the mountains and rivers it has taken for scenery, none know nor can; but each branch of their descendants has it in one ...

— The Story of the Volsungs, (Volsunga Saga) - With Excerpts from the Poetic Edda • Anonymous

... issues: soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification natural hazards: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding international agreements: party to - Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, ...

— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency

... Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in ...

— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

Words linked to "Hindu Kush" : mountain range, West Pakistan, Khyber Pass, range, Tirich Mir, Afghanistan, chain of mountains, chain, range of mountains, Pakistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, mountain chain