Nicholas Range (Pamir Mountains)

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The Wakhan chain (Russian Ваханский хребет ) is a mountain range in the south of the Pamir Mountains in Badakhshan province and the Afghan war in Tajik autonomous province of Gorno-Badakhshan.

The mountain range extends over a length of 160 km in east-west direction. It forms the watershed between the river systems of Pamir and Istyk in the north and Wachandarja and Oksu in the south. The average altitude is 5000 m. The highest peak is the 6320 meter high Koh -e Pamir. The glacier area of the mountain range is 94.1 km ². At the foot of the Wakhan chain, the Zorkulsee in the north and the Moränenstausee Shaqmaqtin are in the south. The western part of the Wakhan - chain is wholly on Afghan territory within the Wakhan Corridor. The spine of the eastern part forms the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in the north to the south.