Pamir Mountains

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The Pamir Mountains are a high, rugged mountain range in Central Asia known for their towering peaks, extensive glaciation, and role as a major junction of several of Asia’s great ranges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf high-altitude road
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain
mountain range
valley glacier
alsoKnownAs Roof of the World
averageElevation over 4000 m
borderRegionBetween Tajikistan and Afghanistan
Tajikistan and China
linked to: Tajikistan

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan
climate highland climate
connectsMountainRange Himalayas
Hindu Kush
Karakoram
Kunlun Mountains
Tien Shan
continent Asia
crossedBy Pamir Highway
drainageBasinOf Amu Darya
Indus River
Syr Darya
Tarim River
elevationAboveSeaLevel 7134 m
7495 m
7546 m
7649 m
formerlyKnownAs Communism Peak
geologicalOrigin Alpine orogeny
hasEcosystem alpine tundra
montane steppe
hasFeature extensive glaciation
hasGlacier Fedchenko Glacier
hasPeak Ismoil Somoni Peak
Kaufmann Peak
Kongur Tagh
Lenin Peak
Muztagh Ata
highestPoint Kongur Tagh
length about 77 km
locatedIn Central Asia
locatedInCountry Afghanistan
China
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
orogenyType Cenozoic
partOf Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region
linked to: Badakhshan

Tajikistan
usedFor high-altitude research
mountaineering

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Central Asia hasMajorMountainRange Pamir Mountains
Afghanistan mountainRange Pamir Mountains
Tien Shan border Pamir Mountains
Silk Road routes passesThrough Pamir Mountains
Tajikistan mountainRange Pamir Mountains
Tarim Basin borderedBy Pamir Mountains
Amu Darya sourceRegion Pamir Mountains
Amu Darya region Pamir
linked to: Pamir Mountains
South-Central Asia borderFeature Pamir Mountains
Wakhan Corridor locatedIn Pamir Mountains
Wakhan Corridor partOf Greater Pamir region
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Wakhi region Pamir Mountains
Kashgar locatedNear Pamir Mountains
Ismoil Somoni Peak locatedIn Pamir Mountains
Ismoil Somoni Peak mountainRange Pamir Mountains
Ismoil Somoni Peak highestPointOf Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan section)
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Alay Mountains near Pamir Mountains
Panj River sourceRegion Pamir Mountains
Panj River region Pamir
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Alpine orogeny created Pamir Mountains
Kunlun Mountains extendsFrom Pamir Mountains
Kunlun Mountains adjacentTo Pamir Plateau
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Pamir languages geographicDistribution eastern Pamir Mountains
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Badakhshan locatedIn Pamir Mountains
Badakhshan knownFor Pamir highlands
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Badakhshan highestPoint Pamir Plateau
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Taklamakan Desert locatedNear Pamir Mountains
Vakhsh River sourceRegion Pamir Mountains
Pamiris nativeTo Pamir Mountains
Aral Sea Basin containsMountainRange Pamir Mountains
Shughni spokenInRegion Pamir Mountains
Kambojas historicalRegion Pamirs region
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Kongur Tagh mountainRange Eastern Pamirs
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Kongur Tagh partOf Pamir Mountains
Pamir Highway traverses Pamir Mountains
Communism Peak locatedIn Pamir Mountains
Communism Peak partOf Pamir range
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Communism Peak highestPointOf Pamir Mountains
Communism Peak mountainRange Pamir Mountains
Oxus River sourceLocatedIn Pamir Mountains
Lenin Peak locatedIn Pamir Mountains
Lenin Peak range Pamir Mountains
Lenin Peak isOneOfHighestIn Pamir Mountains
Lenin Peak parentRange Pamir Mountains
Muztagh Ata locatedInMountainRange Pamir Mountains
Muztagh Ata partOf Eastern Pamirs
linked to: Pamir Mountains
Nowshak isNearestMajorRangeTo Pamir Mountains
Kyrgyzstan–China border locatedIn Pamir Mountains