Pamir Mountains

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Map of the Pamir Mountains

Typical Pamirlandschaft

The Pamir (possibly from Sanskrit upa - meru, " Near the (mountain ) Meru ", or from Persian PAYE mihr, " At the foot of Mithras ' " ) is a mountain range in Central Asia.

Geography

The Pamir, which is counted to the roof of the world, has an area of ​​about 120,000 km ², of which 1200 km ² are glaciated. The extreme north of wrinkles Mountains is part of Kyrgyzstan, East China, south to Afghanistan, the remainder to Tajikistan. The Pamir combines some of the great mountain ranges of Asia: Tianshan in the north, the Karakoram in the south, Kunlun Shan ( to the upper reaches of the Yarkant the demarcation forms ) in the southeast and the Hindu Kush to the southwest. To the east of the Pamir highlands of Tibet follows, which is also often called the roof of the world.

The average height of the Pamirs is about 3600-4400 m, which is usually about the past here at 3,700 m treeline. In the Pamir among others, the Pamir, and the right source of the river Panj springs. The largest lake in the Pamirs is the Karakul in Tajikistan. The mountain is accessible by the Pamir Highway.

There are frequent earthquakes, by one of Saressee was written in 1911. The climate is rough and dry. The inhabitants are mostly farmers and keep yaks and sheep tail fat.

Paleogeography and prehistoric climate: The Eastern Pamir during the Ice Age

The Eastern Pamir, in the center of which the massifs of Muztagata ( 7620 m) and Kongur Tagh ( Qungur Shan, 7578, 7628 or 7830 m), from the western edge of the Tarim Basin has an east- west distance of about 200 km. His North Südausdehnung is from King Ata Tagh to the northwestern Kuenlun foothills about 170 km. While up to 21 km long valley glaciers today are limited to about 5600 m high mountain ranges, during the last Ice Age, the glacial ice of the western subsequent Muztagata and Kongur high plateau covered with its attached low mountain relief. From this glacier area is one outlet glaciers to the north- east through the valley of Gjosdarja to about 1850 m above sea level. M., and thus flowed down to the edge of the Tarim Basin. This outlet glaciers received inflow from Kaiayayilak Glacier from the Kongur northern flank. From the north adjacent Kara Bak Gate ( Chakragil c. 6800 or 6694 m) massif of Oytag - valley glacier is in the same exposure also down to about 1850 m above sea level. M. drained. The equilibrium line (ELA ) was glacially lowered to 820-1250 meters in altitude compared to today. Therefore you calculated - on the condition of comparable rainfall pattern - a glacial temperature reduction of at least 5 to 7.5 ° C.

Wildlife

The fauna of Pamir is naturally composed of high mountain species. Among the best known, but also the rarest animals of the mountain range include the snow leopard and the Marco Polo argali. Both species are protected in the Chinese Taxkorgan Reserve, which is located in the border area to Karakorum.

Mountain ranges

The major mountain ranges of the Pamir:

  • Kongur Shan
  • Transalai chain
  • Chain of the Academy of Sciences
  • Jasgulem chain
  • Muskol chain
  • Sarikol chain
  • Peter I - chain
  • Schachdara chain
  • Wakhan chain
  • Ruschan chain
  • Southern Alitschur chain
  • Schugnan chain
  • Wantsch chain
  • Darwas chain

Mountains

To the mountains of the Pamirs include, among others:

F1 map with all coordinates of the section mountains: OSM, Google and Bing

Note: The summit of Kongur and Muztagata group are counted on Kunlun in some sources as the Pik Somoni Ismoil would be the highest peak in the Pamir.

Mount Meru High Alps Fold mountain Tibetan Plateau Tree line Pamir River Panj River Karakul (Tajikistan) M41 highway Sarez Lake Fat-tailed sheep Kunlun Mountains Alay Mountains Akademiya Nauk Range Yazgulem Range Sarikol Range Shakhdara Range Nicholas Range (Pamir Mountains) Rushan Range Peak Korzhenevskaya Karl Marx Peak Integrated Authority File
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