Karakoram

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mountain range

Karakoram is a major mountain range in Central and South Asia, home to some of the world’s highest peaks including K2 and extensive glaciers.

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Observed surface forms (12)

Surface form Occurrences
Karakoram Range 8
Karakoram region 3
Greater Karakoram Range 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
borderRegionOf China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
contains Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
Baltoro Muztagh ⓘ
Biafo Glacier ⓘ
Broad Peak ⓘ
Chogolisa ⓘ
Gasherbrum I ⓘ
Gasherbrum II ⓘ
Gasherbrum III ⓘ
Gasherbrum IV ⓘ
Hispar Glacier ⓘ
Hunza Valley ⓘ
K2 ⓘ
Masherbrum ⓘ
Masherbrum Mountains ⓘ
Muztagh Tower ⓘ
Nubra Valley ⓘ
Panmah Glacier ⓘ
Passu Cones ⓘ
Masherbrum Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Saltoro Mountains

Shigar Valley ⓘ
Siachen Glacier ⓘ
Siachen Muztagh ⓘ
Skil Brum ⓘ
Trango Towers ⓘ
Yengisogat Range ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
crossedBy Karakoram Pass ⓘ
drainage Indus River basin ⓘ
Yarkand River basin ⓘ
extendsIntoRegion Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
geology young fold mountains ⓘ
hasFeature arid high-altitude environment ⓘ
high concentration of peaks above 8000 metres ⓘ
steep relief ⓘ
hasGlaciers extensive valley glaciers ⓘ
highestPeak K2 ⓘ
knownFor glaciology research ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ
locatedIn Central Asia ⓘ
South Asia ⓘ
orogeny Himalayan orogeny ⓘ
partOf Greater Himalayas ⓘ
surface form: Greater Himalaya mountain system

Referenced by (82)

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

Masherbrum → mountainRange → Karakoram ⓘ
Pakistan → mountainRange → Karakoram ⓘ
Panmah Glacier → mountainRange → Karakoram ⓘ
Passu Cones → mountainRange → Karakoram ⓘ
Skil Brum → mountainRange → Karakoram ⓘ
Trango Towers → mountainRange → Karakoram ⓘ
Yengisogat Range → mountainSystem → Karakoram ⓘ
Karakoram Pass → namedAfter → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram Range
Attabad Lake → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram region
Hispar Glacier → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram glacier system
Ladakh → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram Range
Masherbrum Mountains → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greater Karakoram Range
Shigar Valley → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram region
Siachen Muztagh → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
Siachen Muztagh → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: greater Karakoram mountain system
Yengisogat Range → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram mountain system
Yengisogat Range → partOf → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: greater Karakoram region
this entity surface form: Karakoram Pass region
Trango Towers → proximityTo → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: K2 region
Passu Cones → rangeSection → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Karakoram
Balti → region → Karakoram ⓘ
Gasherbrum III → region → Karakoram ⓘ
Gasherbrum IV → region → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram Himalaya
Gilgit River → region → Karakoram ⓘ
Satpara Lake → region → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram region
Lino Lacedelli → regionOfActivity → Karakoram ⓘ
Shyok River → sourceLocation → Karakoram ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karakoram Range
Gilgit River → sourceRegion → Karakoram ⓘ
Ardito Desio → workLocation → Karakoram ⓘ
Thomas Montgomerie → workLocation → Karakoram ⓘ