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Lewis Owen
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LOCATION: Riverside, CA, United States
Assistant Professor of Geology, University of California, Riverside. Author of An Introduction to Global Environmental Issues and Environmental Management: Readings and Case Studies.
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Hindu Kush, great mountain system of Central Asia. Broadly defined, it is some 500 miles (800 km) long and as much as 150 miles (240 km) wide. The Hindu Kush is one of the great watersheds of Central Asia, forming part of the vast Alpine zone that stretches across Eurasia from east to west. It runs…
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