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... ranges , and I visited many of them in northern Pakistan , India , and Nepal . Each range has a character of its own . The Pamirs , the Bam - i- dunya or Roof of the World , as the Persians called it , consist of broad valleys flanked ...
... ranges , and I visited many of them in northern Pakistan , India , and Nepal . Each range has a character of its own . The Pamirs , the Bam - i- dunya or Roof of the World , as the Persians called it , consist of broad valleys flanked ...
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... Range are hybrids between wild goat and markhor , a sensible conjecture because the Chiltan Range provides a bridge between the habitats of the two species . Here was a mystery requiring scientific detective work , a challenge to delve ...
... Range are hybrids between wild goat and markhor , a sensible conjecture because the Chiltan Range provides a bridge between the habitats of the two species . Here was a mystery requiring scientific detective work , a challenge to delve ...
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... Range , 165 , 172 , 173 High Range Game Preservation As- sociation , 165 , 173 Highwavy Hills , 167 Himalaya Range , Great , 3 , 5 , 178 Himalayan Pilgrimage ( Snellgrove ) , 204 , 269 Himalayan tahr , 151 , 176 , 184-86 , 187 , 202 ...
... Range , 165 , 172 , 173 High Range Game Preservation As- sociation , 165 , 173 Highwavy Hills , 167 Himalaya Range , Great , 3 , 5 , 178 Himalayan Pilgrimage ( Snellgrove ) , 204 , 269 Himalayan tahr , 151 , 176 , 184-86 , 187 , 202 ...
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