From 1989 to 1992, Anvar J. Buzurukov (as the head of the Protected Areas Department of the Ministry of the Environment) initiated, planned and led (under the international scientific camp "Pamir-90") scientific feasibility studies towards establishing the first national and natural parks in the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic.An area of 12,000 square kilometres (4,600 sq mi) was …

The Tian Shan, also known as the Tengri Tagh or Tengir-Too, meaning the Mountains of Heaven or the Heavenly Mountain, is a large system of mountain ranges located in Central Asia.The highest peak in the Tian Shan is Jengish Chokusu, at 7,439 metres (24,406 ft) high.Its lowest point is the Turpan Depression, which is 154 m (505 ft) below sea level.. One of the earliest …

Pamir Hoogste punt Ismail Samanipiek (7495 m) : Lengte 500 km Breedte 300 km Oppervlakte 120.000 km² Locatie Afghanistan, Tadzjikistan, Pakistan, Chinees Turkestan, Kirgizië: Coördinaten: Onderdeel van Himalaya

From the Pamirs of Tajikistan, the Kunlun Mountains run east through southern Xinjiang to Qinghai province. They stretch along the southern edge of what is now called the Tarim Basin, the infamous Takla Makan desert, and the Gobi Desert.A number of important rivers flow from the range including the Karakash River ('Black Jade River') and the Yurungkash River ('White Jade …

The Amu Darya (also called the Amu, Amo River and historically known by its Latin name Oxus or Greek Ὦξος) is a major river in Central Asia and Afghanistan.Rising in the Pamir Mountains, north of the Hindu Kush, the Amu Darya is formed by the confluence of the Vakhsh and Panj rivers, in the Tigrovaya Balka Nature Reserve on the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan, and …

The Bayan Har Mountains, formerly known as the Bayen-káras or Bayan-Kara-Ula, are a mountain range in Qinghai Province, northwest China. The name is Mongolian for "Rich and Black". It can be viewed as one of the branches of the Kunlun Mountains. It separates the drainage areas of both the Yellow and the Yangtze rivers.

Northern America is the northernmost subregion of North America.The boundaries may be drawn slightly differently. In one definition, it lies directly north of Middle America (including the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico). Northern America's land frontier with the rest of North America then coincides with the Mexico–United States border. ...

Gilead or Gilad (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l i ə d /; Hebrew: גִּלְעָד Gīləʿāḏ, Arabic: جلعاد, Ǧalʻād, Jalaad) is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan. The region is bounded in the west by the Jordan River, in the north by the deep ravine of the river Yarmouk and the region of Bashan, and in the southwest by what were known ...

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, which contains Chaqmaqtin Lake, the headwaters of the Aksu or Murghab River.

Sacred mountains are central to certain religions, and are usually the subjects of many legends.For many, the most symbolic aspect of a mountain is the peak because it is believed that it is closest to heaven or other religious worlds. Many religions have traditions centred on sacred mountains, which either are or were considered holy (such as Mount Olympus in Greek …