Pamir Mountains

E48348

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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All labels observed (12)

Label	Occurrences
Pamir Mountains canonical	45
Pamir Plateau	4
Eastern Pamirs	2
Pamir	2
Greater Pamir region	1
Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan section)	1
Pamir Range	1
Pamir highlands	1
Pamir mountain range	1
Pamir range	1
Pamirs region	1
eastern Pamir Mountains	1

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 (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ

Eastern Iranian languages → geographicDistribution → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Amu Darya → sourceRegion → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Amu Darya → region → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir

South-Central Asia → borderFeature → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Wakhan Corridor → locatedIn → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Wakhan Corridor → partOf → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater Pamir region

Pamir–Tien Shan mountain system → includes → 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 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir Mountains (Tajikistan section)

Alay Mountains → near → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Panj River → sourceRegion → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Panj River → region → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir

Alpine orogeny → created → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Kunlun Mountains → extendsFrom → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Kunlun Mountains → adjacentTo → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir Plateau

Pamir languages → geographicDistribution → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Pamir Mountains

Badakhshan → locatedIn → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Badakhshan → knownFor → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir highlands

Badakhshan → highestPoint → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir Plateau

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 → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamirs region

Kongur Tagh → mountainRange → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pamirs

Kongur Tagh → partOf → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Pamir Highway → traverses → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Communism Peak → locatedIn → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Communism Peak → partOf → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pamir range

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 → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eastern Pamirs

Nowshak → isNearestMajorRangeTo → Pamir Mountains ⓘ

Kyrgyzstan–China border → locatedIn → Pamir Mountains ⓘ