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Karakoram Range

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Also known as: K’a-la-k’un-lun Shan, Karakorum Shan
Written by
Nigel John Roger Allan
Professor of Geography, University of California, Davis. Editor of Human Impact on Mountains and others.
Nigel John Roger Allan,
Georgy Dmitriyevich Bessarabov
Head, Department of Agrarian Resources, Government Research Institute of Agrarian Resources, Moscow.
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Chinese (Pinyin):
Karakorum Shan or
(Wade-Giles romanization):
K’a-la-k’un-lun Shan

Karakoram Range, great mountain system extending some 300 miles (500 km) from the easternmost extension of Afghanistan in a southeasterly direction along the watershed between Central and South Asia. Found there are the greatest concentration of high mountains in the world and the longest glaciers outside the high latitudes. The Karakorams are part of a complex of mountain ranges at the centre of Asia, including the Hindu Kush to the west, the Pamirs to the northwest, the Kunlun Mountains to the northeast, and the Himalayas to the southeast. The borders of Tajikistan, China, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and India all converge within ...(100 of 1873 words)

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