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Mountain-Badakhshan
(Encyclopedia)Mountain-Badakhshan: see Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. ...Kaufmann Peak
(Encyclopedia)Kaufmann Peak: see Lenin Peak, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. ...Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic
(Encyclopedia)Tadzhik Soviet Socialist Republic or Tadzhikistan: see Tajikistan. ...Khanabad
(Encyclopedia)Khanabad khänˈäbäd [key], city, NE Afghanistan, near the Tajikistan border. It is a market town for wool and silk. ...Khorugh
(Encyclopedia)Khorugh khərôkˈ [key], city (1991 pop. 20,318), capital of Gorno-Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir. Khorugh produces shoes, metal goods, building materials, and processed food. ...Syr Darya
(Encyclopedia)Syr Darya or Syrdarya both: sēr däryäˈ, –därˈyə [key], ancient Jaxartes or Yaxartes, Pers. Sihun, river, c.1,380 mi (2,220 km) long, flowing through Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. On...Kara-Kul
(Encyclopedia)Kara-Kul käˌrə-ko͞ol [key], mountain lake, c.140 sq mi (360 sq km), Gorno-Badakhshan, E Tajikistan, in the Pamir, near the Chinese border. It is c.12,840 ft (3,900 m) above sea level, and its grea...Trans-Alai
(Encyclopedia)Trans-Alai trăns-älīˈ, trănz– [key], mountain range, central Asia, a part of the Pamir-Alai mountain system. The Trans-Alai extends 155 mi (249 km) W from China to form the border between Kyrgy...Sarez, Lake
(Encyclopedia)Sarez, Lake, 37 mi (60 km) long, on the Murgab River, E central Tajikistan, in the Pamir 80 mi (129 km) NE of Khorugh. Sarez was formed (1911) when an earthquake caused a landslide that destroyed Usoi...Zeravshan
(Encyclopedia)Zeravshan zyĕrəfshänˈ [key], river, c.460 mi (740 km) long, rising in the Turkistan Range of the Pamir-Alai mountain system, in Tajikistan. It flows westward through the agricultural Zeravshan val...Browse by Subject
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