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PAROPAMISUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 860 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PAROPAMISUS , the name given by the Greeks to the parts of the See also:

Hindu Kush bordering See also:Kohistan to the See also:north-See also:west of See also:Kabul. It is now applied in a restricted sense to the See also:water-parting between See also:Herat and the See also:Russian frontier on the See also:Kushk See also:river, which possesses no See also:local name of its own. From Herat See also:city to the See also:crest of the Paropamisus, which is crossed by several easy passes, is a distance of about 36 m., involving a rise of loon ft.

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