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The Indus river and valley in Karakoram.

biosphere reserve: legally protected area of land and its water ecosystem. Conservation efforts are made to try to minimize mankind’s impact on the reserve fauna: for the Roman goddess Fauna; a collective name for animals of a certain region or time flora: Latin for “flower”; the plants of a particular region or period markhor : a large goat species and the national animal of Pakistan

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