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The Pamir Mountains are a range of mountains between Central Asia and South Asia. They are located at a junction with other notable mountains, namely the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush and the Himalaya mountain ranges. They are among the world's highest mountains.
Pamir stanowi rodzaj płaskowyżu, z którego wypiętrzają się zwykle równoległe pasma górskie. Dzieli się na: Pamir Wschodni (Kaszgarski), Pamir Środkowy, Pamir Zachodni.
21 wrz 2024 · The Pamir mountain area centres on the nodal orogenic uplift known as the Pamir Knot, from which several south-central Asian mountain ranges radiate, including the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram Range, the Kunlun Mountains, and the Tien Shan.
The eastern extremity of Upper Wakhan is known as the Pamir Knot, the area where the Himalayas, Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush ranges meet. West of the Pamir Knot is the Little Pamir, a broad U-shaped grassy valley 100 km long and 10 km wide, [4] which contains Chaqmaqtin Lake, the headwaters of the Aksu or Murghab River.
Pamir – łańcuch górski w Azji Centralnej; węzeł orograficzny, z którego rozchodzą się góry Hindukusz, Karakorum, Kunlun i góry systemu ałajskiego, łączącego się z Tienszanem. Przeważająca część Pamiru leży w Tadżykistanie, skrajne części zaś w Chinach i Afganistanie.
THE UNIQUE OROGRAPHIC feature known as the Pamir Knot takes its name from the mountains on which it is centered, the Pamir. The “knot” refers to the convergence of some of the world's major mountain ranges, including the TIAN SHAN, Karakorum, Kunlun, HINDU KUSH, and Pamir systems.
The Pamir mountains, or Pamirs or Pamir Knot, is a large region of high ground at the junction of several other mountain ranges of which the best-known is the Himalayas. The terrain is difficult and the population sparse.
