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122912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakoram%20Pass | Karakoram Pass | Karakoram Pass is a mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range. It is at a height of above sea level. It is the highest altitude pass connecting Indian Kashmir with Sinkiang (China).
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
122914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shandur%20Pass | Shandur Pass | The height of this pass is 3738 m above sea level, it connects Gupis, Gilgit with Chitral. The top is flat, a plateau and can be crossed between late April and early November. The grade is very gradual, and the area is crossed by small streams of trout. Grazing in summer is plentiful.
Every year there is a Polo match ... |
122918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr%20Solzhenitsyn | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (11 December 1918 – 3 August 2008) was a Russian writer. He was the winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in literature.
Solzhenitsyn was a novelist, dramatist, and historian. With his works, the Gulag, a Soviet labor camp, became well known. Due to this, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, b... |
122919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian%20Free%20Software%20Guidelines | Debian Free Software Guidelines | The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG) is a set of guidelines (rules) that the Debian Project uses to decide whether a software license is a free software license, which is used to decide whether a piece of software can be included in Debian. The DFSG is part of the Debian Social Contract.
The guidelines
Free red... |
122926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PingOO | PingOO | PingOO is a communication server based on Debian.
PingOO was created by the CRI (Centre des Resources Informatiques) in Haute-Savoie (France).
Other websites
Official site
Linux distributions
Debian-based Linux distributions |
122950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madden%20NFL%2009 | Madden NFL 09 | Madden NFL 09 is a video game about the National Football League (NFL) for the Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, and Nintendo DS. It was the last game to be released on the original Xbox. A GameCube version was also planned, but it was canceled due to the system's discontinuation ... |
122951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lena%20Katina | Lena Katina | Elena Sergeevna Katina (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Катина, born 4 October 1984), better known as Lena Katina is a Russian singer. She and Yulia Volkova are the members of the pop group t.A.T.u.
Katina was born in Moscow. She began going to school at age seven. Within a year, she left ordinary school and went to a music ... |
122955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor%20of%20Provence | Eleanor of Provence | Eleanore of Provence (c. 1223 – 26 June 1291) was the Queen Consort of King Henry III of England.
1223 births
1291 deaths
Kings and Queens consort of England |
122956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam%20session | Jam session | A jam session is an informal gathering of musicians to improvise freely on various themes. They began with jazz musicians. Musicians sometimes use jam sessions to work on new material, and some songs are made by the band during the session. A jam session will often feature improvisation.
References
Musical performan... |
122957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compilation | Compilation | In music, a compilation is a record, usually an album, which contains songs from more than one source. For instance, it could contain songs from studio albums, live albums, EPs, and other places. The songs often have something in common, for instance a "Greatest Hits" compilation will contain the most popular songs by ... |
122960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrophagist | Necrophagist | Necrophagist is a technical death metal band from Germany. They have released two albums. The band is currently signed with Relapse Records. They are known for their fast songs that require a large amount of skill to play.
References
Other websites
Official website
Official MySpace
Death metal bands
German heavy ... |
122975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page%2044 | Page 44 | Page 44 is an indie-rock band from England. They have released 3 EPs and 1 demo album and have appeared on television in the United Kingdom. BBC said the band might become "tomorrow's superstars".
References
Other websites
Page 44's MySpace
Page 44 on Facebook
Indie rock bands
English rock bands |
122987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logro%C3%B1o | Logroño | Logroño () is a city in northern Spain. It is the capital of La Rioja. Logroño is in the Ebro valley. The population of the city is 150.000.
Capital cities in Spain
Cities in La Rioja (Spain)
Municipalities in La Rioja (Spain) |
122998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal%20arts | Liberal arts | Liberal arts is the term given to contemporary programmes of education which include areas of study across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and the arts. It has its origins in Ancient Greece and began with a "desire for a universal understanding". Simply put liberal arts education aimed at holistic ed... |
123014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%20damage | Brain damage | Brain damage is damage to the brain from either illnesses or injuries. Brain cells are damaged, which often affects one's brain in a way that stops the brain from thinking or reacting the same way as it did before the brain was damaged.
Physical damage to the brain is called traumatic brain injury (TBI). It has occurr... |
123020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly%20language | Assembly language | An assembly language is a programming language that can be used to directly tell the computer what to do. An assembly language is almost exactly like the machine code that a computer can understand, except that it uses words in place of numbers. A computer cannot really understand an assembly program directly. However,... |
123032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toffee | Toffee | Toffee is a candy which is made by boiling sugar with butter, and then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. Sometimes it is made with treacle.
Related pages
Fudge
Candy |
123046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop%20%28Ukraine%29 | Chop (Ukraine) | Chop (, , ) is a city found in the Zakarpattia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, near the borders of Slovakia and Hungary. It is separated from the Hungarian town of Záhony by the river Tisza.
Demography
According to the Ukrainian national census, Chop had a population in 2001 of 8,919, of whom 40% were Ukrainian... |
123065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20metropolitan%20area | United States metropolitan area | Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) are large metropolitan areas of the United States as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. These areas are urban areas with a lot of people. An earlier version of the MSA was the "Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area" (SMSA). MSAs are used for official purposes.
MSAs ar... |
123068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenks%2C%20Oklahoma | Jenks, Oklahoma | Jenks is a city in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, United States, and a suburb of Tulsa, in the northeastern part of the state. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 9,557, but it was estimated at 14,123 in 2006.
References
Cities in Oklahoma |
123069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owasso%2C%20Oklahoma | Owasso, Oklahoma | Owasso is a city in Rogers and Tulsa counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, and a northern suburb of Tulsa. The population was 18,502 at the 2000 census.
References
Cities in Oklahoma |
123070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken%20Arrow%2C%20Oklahoma | Broken Arrow, Oklahoma | Broken Arrow is a city in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Most of it is in Tulsa County, but part of it is in western Wagoner County.
References
Cities in Oklahoma
1902 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Indian Territory |
123072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuvik%2C%20Northwest%20Territories | Inuvik, Northwest Territories | Inuvik is a town in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is also where the local government of the Inuvik Region is based.
History
Inuvik was created as a replacement in 1953 for the earlier administrative center, Aklavik because that area was often flooded. At first, it was called "New Aklavik" but was renamed ... |
123074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond%2C%20Oklahoma | Edmond, Oklahoma | Edmond is a city in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area in the central part of the state.
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Cities in Oklahoma |
123075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuikTrip | QuikTrip | QuikTrip (abbreviated QT) is a Tulsa-based chain of convenience stores mainly found in the Midwestern and Southern United States (not to be confused with Kwik Trip convenience stores).
The first QuikTrip opened in 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Chester Cadieux and Burt B. Holmes. QuikTrip promotes its gasoline as "high-... |
123085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%20City%20Thunder | Oklahoma City Thunder | The Oklahoma City Thunder (abbreviated OKC) are an American professional basketball franchise based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The Seattle SuperSonics franchise had moved to Oklahoma, which meant that there was a new team name (Oklahoma City Thunder). Because of this, the Thunder replaced Seattle in the Western Confer... |
123086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadsat | Nadsat | Nadsat is a slang language. It was invented by Anthony Burgess when he wrote a book called A Clockwork Orange. The book is about a teenager called Alex. Alex speaks Nadsat in the book. Stanley Kubrick turned the book into a film, also called A Clockwork Orange.
The name of the slang language Nadsat comes from Russian.... |
123091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Bird | Larry Bird | Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American retired NBA basketball player. He won three NBA championships in 1981, 1984, and 1986 with the Boston Celtics. He has also won the NBA MVP award three times, in 1984, 1985, and 1986 as a Celtic. He played college basketball at Indiana State University where he devel... |
123092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle%20SuperSonics | Seattle SuperSonics | The Seattle SuperSonics (also called the Seattle Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle, Washington that played in the Pacific and Northwest Divisions of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1967 until its final season in 2007–2008. The team moved to Oklahoma City in 2008, chan... |
123095 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic%20Park%20%28movie%29 | Jurassic Park (movie) | Jurassic Park is a 1993 American science fiction movie directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It was released on June 11, 1993, and got positive reviews.
Plot
John Hammond, the owner of a scientific company, creates a theme park on an island that has dinosaurs which ha... |
123099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rn%20Utzon | Jørn Utzon | Jørn Utzon (April 9, 1918 – November 29, 2008) was a Danish architect. He was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Aalborg. He is most well known for designing the Sydney Opera House in Australia. He won a contest for designing the Sydney Opera House in 1957. However, he left Australia in 1966 and never returned and saw h... |
123102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycholinguistics | Psycholinguistics | Psycholinguistics or psychology of language is the study of the psychological and neurobiological factors that allows humans to get, use, and understand language. It studies how our minds allow us to understand language and produce language. One part of psycholinguistics, developmental psycholinguistics studies how chi... |
123108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livid | Livid | Livid is an alternative live music festival from Australia. It went every year from 1989 to 2003. The first festival was at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, it was later held in Melbourne and Sydney.
Australian music
Music festivals |
123110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meherabad | Meherabad | Meherabad ("abad" means a flourishing colony) is the main center where Meher Baba lived and worked from 1923. It is about nine kilometers (6 miles) south of Ahmednagar, India. It is now the site of Meher Baba's tomb as well as places for visitors to stay. A large number of buildings associated with the earlier days of ... |
123111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakori | Sakori | Sakori is a village in Ahmednagar District of Maharashtra State, India that is most famous as the place where Upasni Maharaj lived and worked.
Settlements in Maharashtra
Villages in India |
123155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajri%20language | Ajri language | Ajri is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken in Swat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It belongs to the Lahnda group and is near the Seraiki and Hindko languages.
Languages of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
123156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkardi%20language | Bashkardi language | Bashkardi is a southwestern Iranian language spoken in the southeast of Iran in the provinces of Kerman, Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hormozgan. Bashkardi has numerous dialects and these dialects form a transition from Larestani to Balochi.
Languages of Balochistan (Pakistan)
Languages of Iran |
123158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhangochi | Jhangochi | Jatki or Jhangochi (جھنگوچی) is the oldest and most conservative dialect of the Punjabi (Lahndi or western Punjabi) language. Native people use Jatki word for their dialect. It is spoken throughout a widespread area, starting from Khanewal and Jhang at both ends of Ravi River and Chenab River to Gujranwala District. It... |
123160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalash%20language | Kalash language | Kalash or Kalasha (also known as Kalasha-mun) is an Indo-European language in the Indo-Aryan branch, further classified as a Dardic language in the Chitral Group. However, this Dardic classification is questionable because only 53% of the commonly used words in Kalash have cognates in Khowar language.
Related pages
La... |
123161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piergiorgio%20Odifreddi | Piergiorgio Odifreddi | Piergiorgio Odifreddi (born July 13, 1950), is an Italian mathematician (person who studies mathematics), logician (person who studies reason), essayist (person who writes essays) and fond of the history of science.
He is particularly well-known in Italy for his longstanding criticisms and ridicule of the Catholic C... |
123162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubanki | Lubanki | Lubanki, also known as Labanki, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Lubanas tribal grouping in the Republic of India and Pakistan. It is classified as a form or dialect of Punjabi. Lubanki has been spoken in the Rajasthan and Gujarat areas and some areas of Pakistan. The Punjabi word tanda is allegedly of Lubanki o... |
123163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkari%20Koli%20language | Parkari Koli language | The Parkari Koli language (sometimes called just Parkari) is a language mainly spoken in the province of Sindh, Pakistan.
References
Languages of Pakistan
Sindh |
123164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarikoli | Sarikoli | The Sarikoli language (also Selekur, Sarikul, Sariqul, Sariköli) is a member of the Pamir subgroup of the Southeastern Iranian languages spoken by Tajiks in China and border regions of Pakistani Kashmir.
Languages of China
Languages of Pakistan
Iranian languages |
123165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waziri | Waziri | Waziri language is a Southeastern Iranian language spoken by the Wazir Pashtun tribe in Waziristan in Pakistan. It is also spoken by some of the neighboring people of Pakistan and Afghanistan. The language can be considered a dialect of the Pashto language but has some distinctive features and vocabulary.
Languages of... |
123168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallus | Phallus | The word phallus refers to an erect penis, to a penis-shaped object such as a dildo, or to a mimetic image of an erect penis.
Any object that symbolically resembles a penis may also be referred to as a phallus, or as being phallic (as in 'phallic symbol'). Such symbols represent the fertility associated with the male ... |
123172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbach | Sandbach | Sandbach is a market town in Cheshire, United Kingdom. It is in the Borough of Congleton.
Other websites
Sandbach Town Council
Website about the History of Sandbach
detailed map of Sandbach Town Centre
Market towns in England
Towns in Cheshire |
123175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsager | Alsager | Alsager is a town and civil parish in Cheshire, England. It is located in the Borough of Congleton, near to the border with Staffordshire.
In the 2011 census, the town had a population of 11,775.
In 2007, Alsager was awarded Fairtrade town status by the Fairtrade Foundation.
Despite the town's Staffordshire postcode... |
123185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badawi%20Pass | Badawi Pass | The Badawi Pass connects Dir with Kohistan District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilafond%20La | Bilafond La | Bilafond La (meaning "Pass of the Butterflies") is a mountain pass on Saltoro Ridge . It is , also called the Saltoro Pass. It is west of the large Siachen Glacier. India controls the pass now. It is near the Line of Control dividing Indian- and Pakistani-administered territory.
Mountain passes of India |
123187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sia%20La%20Pass | Sia La Pass | Sia La is a mountain pass on Saltoro Ridge, which is immediately west of the vast Siachen Glacier. Currently held by India, the pass is near the line of control dividing Indian- and Pakistani-administered territory.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara-lacha-la%20Pass | Bara-lacha-la Pass | Bara-lacha-la (also known as Bara-lacha Pass, el. 5045 m./16,400 ft.) is a high mountain pass connecting Lahaul District in Himachal Pradesh to Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir state.
A narrow pass in greater Himalayan ranges of HP, located at a height of 1200 ft. This pass is not available for transportation during winter du... |
123191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changla%20Pass | Changla Pass | The Changla Pass (el. 5425 m./17,800 ft.) is a high mountain pass in Ladakh, India.
Mountain passes of India |
123192 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fotu%20La | Fotu La | Fotu La () or Fatu La is the highest mountain pass on the Srinagar-Leh highway in the Himalaya in Kashmir.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khardong%20La%20Pass | Khardong La Pass | Khardung La (la means "pass" in Tibetan) is a high mountain pass located in the Ladakh region, Maqbuza Kashmir. It is at 5359 m above seal level.The local pronunciation is "Khardong La" or "Khardzong La" but, as with most names in Ladakh, the romanised spelling varies.
The pass on the Ladakh Range is north of Leh and i... |
123194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lungalacha%20La%20Pass | Lungalacha La Pass | Lachulanga la (el. 5059 m) is a mountain pass on the Leh-Manali highway.It located 54 km from Sarchu and 24 km from Pang on the Manali Leh highway. This is one of the easier 16000+ passes and it can be traversed cross country by moving along the nala on both side. However due to lack of greenry in this region, the clim... |
123195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsimik%20La | Marsimik La | Marsimik La, elevation 5,582 metres (18,314 ft), is a high mountain pass in the Chang-Chemno Range in northern Kashmir (India). There is a road over this pass, over which suitably adapted vehicles have been driven, but it is not a motorable pass in the sense that the road is not in good enough condition to permit trans... |
123196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namika%20La%20Pass | Namika La Pass | Namika la (el. 3700 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya in Maqbuza Kashmir on the Srinagar-Leh highway.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensi%20La%20Pass | Pensi La Pass | Pensi-la is a mountain pass in the Ladakh region of Kashmir, which is known as the Gateway to Zanskar.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasser%20Pass | Sasser Pass | Sasser Pass or Saser-la (el. 5411 m./17,753 ft.) is a high mountain pass in Kashmir on the ancient summer caravan route from Ladakh to Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. It leads from the head of the Nubra Valley into the upper Shyok valley, on the way to the even higher, but easier, Karakoram Pass.
Mountain passes of Pakist... |
123199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shingo%20La%20Pass | Shingo La Pass | Shingo-la is a mountain pass in Jammu and Kashmir, on the border between Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh (Republic of India). There is a shallow lake or pool about 20m below the pass. The pass is on a footpath linking Zanskar and Lahaul, used often by locals and trekkers alike. For trekkers it is one of the tech... |
123201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanglang%20La%20Pass | Tanglang La Pass | Taglang La, elevation , is a high mountain pass in Ladakh, Kashmir.
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Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolan%20Pass | Bolan Pass | Bolan Pass ( Dharaa Bolan) is a mountain pass through the Toba Kakar Range of mountains in western Pakistan, 120 kilometres from the Afghanistan border.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broghol%20Pass | Broghol Pass | Broghol Pass, also spelled Boroghil and several other ways, (el. 3798 m./12,460 ft.) is a high mountain pass that crosses the Pamir Mountains and connects the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan with Chitral in Pakistan.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaprot%20Pass | Chaprot Pass | Chaprot Pass or Daintar Pass is a mountain pass to the northeast of Mehrbani Peak (5639) in the northwest of Chaprot.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorah%20Pass | Dorah Pass | Dorah Pass, also spelled and pronounced Durah Pass, connects Badakshan in Afghanistan with Chitral in Pakistan. The Dorah Pass is more than 14,000 feet (4,300 m) high. It crosses the Hindu Kush mountains. The pass became important during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan because the Soviets could not stop the flow of ... |
123208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondogoro%20Pass | Gondogoro Pass | Gondogoro Pass is a high mountain pass on the Gondogoro Glacier near Vigne Glacier.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumal%20Pass | Gumal Pass | Gumal Pass or Gomal Pass () is a mountain pass on the border of Afghanistan and the southeastern portion of South Waziristan in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It takes its name from the Gomal River. It is midway between Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayal%20Pass | Hayal Pass | Hayal Pass (el. 4600 m.) is a high mountain pass to the north of Shani Peak in Naltar Valley, Pakistan. The pass lies in the west of Naltar Pass.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispar%20Pass | Hispar Pass | Hispar Pass (or Hispar La) (el. 5,128 m./16,824 ft.) is a high-altitude, non-technical mountain pass in the Karakoram Range in Pakistan.
At the pass, the Biafo Glacier (63 km. long) and Hispar Glacier (49 km long) meet to form the world's longest glacial traverse outside of the polar regions, 100 kilometers in length.... |
123213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karakar%20Pass | Karakar Pass | Karakar Pass (el. 1336 m./4384 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Hindu Kush in Pakistan.
From the top of the pass, one can view Buner Valley. It was at this pass that the Emperor Akbar lost most of his 8000-man army in an abortive attempt to invade Swat in 1586.
The 45 km-long road from Pir Baba (RA) to Barikot passes t... |
123214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khojak%20Pass | Khojak Pass | Khojak Pass (el. 7,513 ft) connects Qila Abdullah with Chaman in the province of Baluchistan, Pakistan.
khojak pass is between Quetta and Chaman. 22 kilometer before Chaman.
Khojak tunnel 5.2 kilometer long (3.2 miles).
Small forts to defend pass on each hill top.
Picture of khojak tunnel is on old five rupees note... |
123215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilik%20Pass | Kilik Pass | Kilik Pass (el. 4827 m./15,837 ft.), 30 km to the west of Mintaka Pass is a high mountain pass in Pakistan. The two passes were, in ancient times, the two main access points into the Upper Hunza Valley (also called Gojal Valley) from the north.
This was the shortest and quickest way into northern Kashmir from the Tari... |
123216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kohat%20Pass | Kohat Pass | Kohat Pass is a mountain pass in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, connecting Kohat with Peshawar, crossing the Khigana Mountains.
As the road to the pass is steep and too narrow for large vehicles, the Kohat Tunnel was constructed and opened in June, 2003.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowari%20Pass | Lowari Pass | Lowari Pass (or Lowari Top) (elevation ) is a high mountain pass that connects Chitral with Dir in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Lowari Top is a relatively low pass, by far the lowest pass to enter Chitral, the rest all being 12,000 to 15,000 feet.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakand%20Pass | Malakand Pass | Malakand Pass is a mountain pass in Pakistan.
The pass road begins at Dargai. The road across the pass is in good condition, but is always crowded with a continuous stream of trucks. From a viewpoint about one kilometre before the top of the pass, one can see the Swat Canal in the valley below. It was built by the Bri... |
123219 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintaka%20Pass | Mintaka Pass | Mintaka Pass (also known as Minteke Pass) (el. 4709 m./15,450 ft.) or the nearby Kilik Pass (4,827 m or 15,837 ft (4,827 m) high; 37° 05' N; 74° 41' E), 30 km to the west, were, in ancient times, the two main access points into the Upper Hunza Valley from the north. The Hunza Valley is a mountainous valley near Gilgit ... |
123220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustagh%20Pass | Mustagh Pass | The Mustagh Pass or Muztagh Pass is a pass across the Baltoro Muztagh range in the Karakorams and includes K2, the world's second highest mountain. The crest of the Baltoro Muztagh marks the present border between Pakistani and Chinese territory.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila%20melanogaster | Drosophila melanogaster | Drosophila melanogaster is a small, common fly found near rotting fruit. It has been in use for over a century to study genetics and lends itself well to behavioral studies.
History
Thomas Hunt Morgan studied Drosophila early in the 1900s. He and his team were the first to discover sex-linkage and genetic recombinati... |
123232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren%20Bacall | Lauren Bacall | Lauren Bacall (, born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) was an American movie, radio and stage actress and model. She was well known for her deep voice. She started acting in the 1940s. She acted until 2014. She had big roles in movies like The Big Sleep and Dark Passage.
Bacall was the fourth w... |
123234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oklahoma%20City%20Blue | Oklahoma City Blue | The Oklahoma City Blue are an NBA Development League team based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. They play at the Cox Convention Center. They were also known as the Asheville Altitude when they played in Asheville, North Carolina from 2001 until 2005 and as the Tulsa 66ers when the team played in Tulsa, Oklah... |
123235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA%20G%20League | NBA G League | The NBA G League, or Gatorade League, is the National Basketball Association's officially sponsored and operated developmental basketball organization. When the league was formed in 2001, it was called the National Basketball Development League (NBDL). In 2005, it entered into a formal relationship with the NBA and bec... |
123270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise%20operation | Bitwise operation | In computer programming, a bitwise operation operates on a bit array at the level of its individual bits.
Bitwise operators
In the explanations below, any indication of a bit's position is counted from the right side, moving left. For example, the binary value 0001 (decimal 1) has zeroes at every position but the firs... |
123283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irving%20Berlin | Irving Berlin | Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989), born Israel Baline in Imperial Russia, was a Jewish-American songwriter.
Selected works
Berlin's first popular success was "Alexander's Ragtime Band."
In 1938, Kate Smith made "God Bless America" a popular hit.
In 1942, Berlin won the Academy Award for the best orig... |
123303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercentenarian | Supercentenarian | A supercentenarian is someone who has lived to the age of 110 years or more, something achieved by only one in a thousand centenarians. A very small number of supercentenarians have lived to be 115. Early uses of the word meant a person well over 100, but now it is just known as people who are 110 or older.
Jeanne Cal... |
123316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leila%20Denmark | Leila Denmark | Leila Alice Daughtry Denmark, M.D. (February 1, 1898– April 1, 2012) is an American pediatrician who still worked until she was 103. She worked on the vaccine for pertussis (also known as whooping cough) in the 1920s and 1930s.
As a doctor, she was one of the first to be against smoking near children and drug use in p... |
123327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhow | Dhow | The dhow is a type of boat. It is Middle Eastern in make. The boat is a popular type of transport along the Nile river. The dhow is normally small with a big sail.
Sailing
Boats |
123330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Siddons | Sarah Siddons | Sarah Siddons (5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress. She was the best-known actress who played tragedies of the 18th century. She was the older sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton and Elizabeth Whitlock. She is very famous for the way she played the Shakespearean character... |
123332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20bombings%20of%20Hiroshima%20and%20Nagasaki | Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | The Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks on the Empire of Japan during World War II (WWII). The United States and the Allies were fighting against Japan and slowly winning. Two nuclear weapons were dropped on Japan, one on the city of Hiroshima and the other on the city of Nagasaki. The genera... |
123346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20S.%20Gilbert | W. S. Gilbert | Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 – 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator. He is best known for the comic operas (or operettas) that he wrote with Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Gilbert worked in the civil service for a few years, but he did not like it. He studied law and became a... |
123356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mummy%3A%20Tomb%20of%20the%20Dragon%20Emperor | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor | The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor is a 2008 American adventure movie. It is a sequel to The Mummy and The Mummy Returns. It was released on August 1, 2008 in the United States. Jet Li is in the movie also.
Theatres
The movie opened in Los Angeles on July 27, 2008.
Critics ideas
Most critics said the movie is b... |
123357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borough%20of%20Congleton | Borough of Congleton | The Borough of Congleton (or Congleton Borough) is in Cheshire, England. The towns of Alsager, Congleton, Middlewich and Sandbach are in the Borough. It is part of the second tier of local government, the Borough will be replaced by Cheshire East in April 2009.
Religion
The percentage of people of each religion in th... |
123359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naltar%20Pass | Naltar Pass | Naltar Pass is a mountain pass to the north of Shani Peak in Naltar Valley in Pakistan. The pass lies west of Chaprot Pass and east of Hayal Pass.
References
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shangla%20Pass | Shangla Pass | Shangla Pass is a mountain pass in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It connects Upper Swat with Lower Swat.
Mountain passes of Pakistan |
123362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphu%20Pass | Diphu Pass | Diphu Pass is a path through the mountains where the borders of the People's Republic of China, India and Myanmar meet. Diphu Pass is a strategic route to southern South Tibet.
Other websites
Satellite image of the pass
Geography of China |
123365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongka%20La%20Pass | Dongka La Pass | Dongkha (el. 3060 m./12,000 ft.) is a high mountain pass in the Himalaya connecting Sikkim in Republic of India with Tibet.
The pass offers a view of the Tibetan Plateau. The pass is located in North Sikkim. Near the pass is the placid Cholamo Lake, 6.5 km long and 2.5 km wide.
Mountain passes of India |
123366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goecha%20La%20Pass | Goecha La Pass | Goecha La (el. 4940 m.) is a high mountain pass in Sikkim, India in the Himalaya range.
The pass has a view of the southeast face of Kanchenjunga, the third highest mountain in the world.
Mountain passes of India |
123367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haldighati%20Pass | Haldighati Pass | Haldighati is a mountain pass in the Aravalli Range of Rajasthan in western India. It connects Rajsamand and Pali districts, 40 kilometres from Udaipur. The name is believed to have come from the turmeric-coloured yellow soil. (Turmeric is haldi in Hindi.)
Mountain passes of India |
123368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelep%20La%20Pass | Jelep La Pass | Jelep La (also spelled Jelepla) (el. 4267 m./14,300 ft.) is a high mountain pass between Sikkim and Tibet.
Etymologically the term Jelep La is derived from jelep meaning lonely and la meaning pass in Tibetan. The pass is in Sikkim and the route connects Lhasa to the Republic of India. The pass is 46 metres (150 feet) ... |
123369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasara%20Ghat%20Pass | Kasara Ghat Pass | Kasara Ghat is a ghat (mountain pass) in the Western Ghats, near the town of Kasara in Maharashtra, India. The Kasara Ghat is located on the busy Mumbai–Nashik route, and is one of the four major rail and road routes leading into Mumbai. The railway line, which passes through the ghat, is the steepest in India with a g... |
123370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbharli%20Ghat%20Pass | Kumbharli Ghat Pass | The Kumbharli Ghat is a mountain pass in Maharashtra, India cutting across the Western Ghats range. It connects the coastal Konkan part of Maharashtra with the Marathwada region on the Deccan plateau.
Mountain passes of India |
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