Shibar

Japanese: Shibar
Shibar

The main rivers are the Kabul River, which originates in the Central Mountains, flows eastward into Pakistan and empties into the Indus River; the Helmand River, which also originates in the Central Mountains and flows southwestward into a lake near the border with Iran; the Hari Rūd River, which flows westward and gives the name Herat; and the Amu Darya, which flows from the Pamirs and forms the border with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The main passes crossing the Hindu Kush from north to south include the Khāwak Pass (3,600 m), which was used by Alexander the Great and Xuanzang, the Shibar Pass (3,260 m), which was opened as a motorway in 1932, and the Sālang Pass (4,075 m), which opened in 1964 as a tunnel (3,363 m, 2.7 km long). To the west, near Herat, is the Sabzak Pass (2,500 m), which crosses the Paropamissis Mountains.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Shibar" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…主要河川としては,中央山地に源を発し,東流してパキスタンに入ってインダス川に注ぐカーブル川,同じく中央山地に発して南西に流れ,イランとの国境付近の湖に注ぐヘルマンドHelmand川,西流してヘラートの地名の起源となったハリー・ルードHarī Rūd川,およびパミールから流れ出て,その上流部がタジキスタン,ウズベキスタンとの国境をなすアム・ダリヤなどがある。ヒンドゥークシュ山脈を南北に越えるおもな峠としては,カーブル寄りには,アレクサンドロス大王や玄奘が通ったハーワークKhāwak峠(3600m),1932年に自動車道として開かれたシバルShibar峠(3260m),および64年にサーラングSālang峠(4075m)の下に開通したトンネル(3363m,長さ2.7km)がある。西方,ヘラート寄りにはパロパミスス山脈を越えるサブザクSabzak峠(2500m)がある。…

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