Pamir Mountains

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high-altitude road mountain mountain range valley glacier

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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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Ismoil Somoni Peak 0
Fedchenko Glacier 0
Kongur Tagh 0

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ
surface form: Tajikistan and China

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 Badakhshan ⓘ
surface form: Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

Tajikistan ⓘ
usedFor high-altitude research ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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Tien Shan → border → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
South-Central Asia → borderFeature → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tarim Basin → borderedBy → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Central Asia → hasMajorMountainRange → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Ismoil Somoni Peak → highestPointOf → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan section)
Wakhan Corridor → locatedIn → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Afghanistan → mountainRange → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Tajikistan → mountainRange → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Wakhan Corridor → partOf → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Pamir region
Silk Road routes → passesThrough → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
Amu Darya → region → Pamir Mountains ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pamir
Amu Darya → sourceRegion → Pamir Mountains ⓘ