Wakhan Corridor
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The Wakhan Corridor is a protruding strip of territory that is part of the Wakhan District in the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan. It begins in Afghanistan's northeastern corner and stretches eastw
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Floodplains in the Wakhan Corridor
Pakistan
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Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim popu
Wakhan Corridor
…Uygur Autonomous Region within China. The strip narrowly separates the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region in Tajikistan from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan as well as Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan. This high mountain valley, which rises to a maximum altitude of 4,923 m (16,152 ft), serves as the…
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