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Pamir
Pamir or Pamirs, mountainous region of central Asia, located mainly in Tajikistan and extending into NE Afghanistan and SW Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China; called the "roof of the world." Many peaks rise to more than 20,000 ft (6,096 m); Ismoili Somoni Peak (24,590 ft/7,495 m) and... Read more
Hindu Kush
Hindu Kush , a high mountain system, extending c.500 mi (800 km) W from the Pamir Knot, N Pakistan, into NE Afghanistan; rising to 25,236 ft (7,692 m) in Tirich Mir, on the border of Afghanistan and Pakistan. Glaciated and receiving heavy snowfall, the mountains have permanently snow-covered peaks a... Read more
Kunlun
Kunlun , great mountain system of central Asia, between the Himalayas and the Tian Shan, extending c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) E from the Pamir Mts., along the Tibet-Xinjiang border in W China and into Qinghai prov., where it branches into the mountain ranges of central China; it rises to 25,340 ft (7,724... Read more
Amu Darya
Amu Darya or Amudarya , river, c.1,600 mi (2,580 km) long, formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which rise in the Pamir Mts. of central Asia. It flows generally northwest, marking much of the northern border of Afghanistan with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan before fl... Read more
Tarim
Tarim , Mandarin Dayan, chief river of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) long, formed by the union of the Aksu and the Yarkant rivers at the western end of the Taklimakan desert, and flowing generally east, along the northern edge of the desert, to Lop Nur , a larg... Read more
Tian Shan
Tian Shan or Tien Shan [Chin.,=celestial mountains], mountain system of central Asia, extending c.1,500 mi (2,410 km) from the Pamir Mts., Tajikistan, NE through the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, NW China, to the China-Mongolia border; Pobeda Peak (24,406 ft/7,439 m), on the Kyrgyzstan-Ch... Read more
The Indo-European Family of Languages
The Indo-European Family of Languages The Indo-European Family of Languages Subfamily Group Subgroup Languages and Principal Dialects  Asterisk indicates a dead language. Anatolian     Hie... Read more
Turkistan
Turkistan or Turkestan , historic region of central Asia. Western, or Russian, Turkistan extended from the Caspian Sea in the west to the Chinese frontier in the east and from the Aral-Irtysh watershed in the north to the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the south. Eastern, or Chinese, Turkist... Read more
Tajikistan
Tajikistan , officially Republic of Tajikistan, republic (2005 est. pop. 7,164,000), 55,251 sq mi (143,100 sq km), central Asia. It borders on China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, Kyrgyzstan in the north, and Uzbekistan in the west and northwest. Dushanbe is the capital and largest city. ... Read more
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan , officially Kyrgyz Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 5,146,000), c.76,600 sq mi (198,400 sq km), central Asia. It borders on China in the southeast, on Kazakhstan in the north, on Uzbekistan in the west, and on Tajikistan in the southwest. Bishkek , the capital, and Osh are the chief c... Read more

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Pamir
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Pamir or Pamirs, mountainous region of central...Peak (23,508 ft/7,165 m) are the Pamir's highest. The region forms a geologic...radiate. Snowcapped throughout the year, the Pamir experiences long cold winters and cool summers...
Pamir Mountains
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PAMIR MOUNTAINS afghan mountain range. The Pamir mountains run north to south from Tajikistan to northern Pakistan...Asia. Given their remote location and difficult terrain, the Pamir Mountains have been a choice place for hiding people or caches...
Pamir Peoples
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Pamir Peoples ETHNONYMS: Egamik, Pamirians, Pamirian Tajiks Orientation Identification. In the Mountain-Badakhshan District of...
Badakhshan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...63,710 sq km), E Tajikistan, in the Pamir . It is bordered by China on the east and...Afghan territory. The eastern section (East Pamir) is a high plateau, and the western part (West Pamir) is cut by high ranges and deep, narrow...
Kyrgyz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...part of the Tianshan range and the northwestern area of the Pamir-Altai Mountains. These two mountain ranges separate the north...River valley, and the low-lying areas of the Tianshan and the Pamir-Altai Mountains. The other 17 percent live in Biskek, the...
Nalivkin, D. V.
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...Institute in 1915 and was immediately appointed a leader of the Pamir Expedition, organized by the Russian Geographical Society. He produced a major work on the geology of the Pamir Range and associated mountain belts in Central Asia in 1925...
Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...where he crossed the extremely difficult, unexplored Saltoro Pass. In 1891 Younghusband again encountered the Russians in the Pamir, and he was arrested and deported from territory claimed by them. On leave in 1895, he covered for the London Times the relief...
Zeravshan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Zeravshan , 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 valley, then into Uzbekistan, past...
Kyrgyzstan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Bishkek , the capital, and Osh are the chief cities. Land and People Kyrgyzstan is a mountainous country in the Tian Shan and Pamir systems, rising to 24,409 ft (7,440 m) at Pobeda Peak on the Chinese border. Ninety-four percent of the country is...
Amu Darya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Amudarya , river, c.1,600 mi (2,580 km) long, formed by the junction of the Vakhsh and Pandj rivers, which rise in the Pamir Mts. of central Asia. It flows generally northwest, marking much of the northern border of Afghanistan with Tajikistan...

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Hedin, Sven Anders
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Hedin journeyed through the desert of Khurasan and across the Pamir to Kashgar in Chinese Turkistan, ending with a pilgrimage to...the region surrounding the source of the Tarim in the Chinese Pamir. His principal destination was the great desert of Taklamakan...
Mushketov Ivan Vasilievich
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...central Asia, completing a trip from Fergana across the Alai and Trans-Alai ranges to the Pamir, studying the relations between the Tien Shan and the Pamir. In 1878 he investigated the region where the Fergana and the Alai ranges meet, and in...
Tajikistan
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...bounded by China on the east and Afghanistan on the south; it occupies one of the highest regions of central Asia. Physical The Pamir mountains occupy a third of Tajikstan while the Alai range stretches across its centre. Below the snowline the slopes are generally...
Silk Road
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Levant), while a ‘South Road’ followed a more southerly route through the high passes of the Kunlun and Pamir mountains into India. A railway (completed in 1963) follows the northern route from Xian to Urumchi and into Kazakhstan.

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Tragic loss of the bark Pamir
Magazine article from: Sea Classics; 12/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...hearted crew of young sea cadets, the Pamir appeared indestructible for she'd weathered...The cargo-carrying, cadet-training Pamir left Rio de Janeiro on 10 August, with...its eastward course. The 52-year-old Pamir was built of steel by Blohm und Voss of...
Pamir sails again after 800 hours of labour
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 10/30/1998; ; 475 words ; ...creating a replica of the four-masted barque Pamir. Bob Howard of Tahunanui, a crewman of the Pamir in 1947-48, said building the model was...It's a hand-made scale replica of the Pamir. It does actually float, I've only floated...
World Bank Provides Additional Funding to Support Sustainable Operation of the Pamir Power Plant; The grant will cover the costs associated with rehabilitation works as a result of catastrophic flooding in February 2007.
M2 Presswire; 8/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...to Support Sustainable Operation of the Pamir Power Plant; The grant will cover the...million grant in additional financing for the Pamir Private Power Project. The additional...and facilities damaged by flooding at the Pamir 1 Hydro Power Plant (HPP) in the Gorno...
Tajikistan : World Bank Provides Additional Funding to Support Sustainable Operation of the Pamir Power Plant.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 12/1/2008; 700+ words ; ...million grant in additional financing for the Pamir Private Power Project. The additional...and facilities damaged by flooding at the Pamir 1 Hydro Power Plant (HPP) in the Gorno...financing will also enable the project company Pamir Energy (PEC) to complete the original...
Ways of development of the Pamir languages and the Yaghnobi language discussed in Khorog.(Conference notes)
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia; 7/24/2009; 670 words ; ...promoting development of the Yaghnobi and Pamir languages was held in Khorog on July 22...new state language gave the Yaghnobi and Pamir languages a special status allowing not...languages," Dr. Yusufbekov said. The Pamir languages are a subgroup of the Eastern...
World Bank gives extra funds for Pamir 1 rehab.
News Wire article from: UzReport; 8/18/2008; 675 words ; ...additional funding for the rehabilitation of the Pamir 1 hydro power plant in the Republic of...would also enable the project company, Pamir Energy, to complete the original project...rehabilitation and help prevent further accidents. Pamir 1 is being doubled in installed capacity...
At Pamir in Morristown
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 7/4/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Bergen County, NJ) 07-04-2003 At Pamir in Morristown By MARIA RABAT, RESTAURANT...the Afghan table. I tried them all at Pamir, a 15-year-old establishment that...consider it "the roof of the world." Pamir diners are treated to a vista of a different...
Tajikistan : World Bank Provides Additional Funding to Pamir Private Power Project.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 8/1/2008; 622 words ; ...million grant in additional financing for the Pamir Private Power Project. The additional...and facilities damaged by flooding at the Pamir 1 Hydro Power Plant (HPP) in the Gorno...financing will also enable the project company Pamir Energy (PEC) to complete the original...
Tajikistan: World Bank gives extra funds for Pamir 1 rehab.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 8/18/2008; 700+ words ; ...additional funding for the rehabilitation of the Pamir 1 hydro power plant in the Republic of...would also enable the project company, Pamir Energy, to complete the original project...rehabilitation and help prevent further accidents. Pamir 1 is being doubled in installed capacity...
Pamir Kyrgyz from Afghanistan ask for help from Kyrgyz Government.
News Wire article from: Times of Central Asia; 6/2/2008; 400 words ; BISHKEK, June 2 (TCA) -- Pamir Kyrgyz from the Shoor village of Afghanistan...education and health care spheres of the Big Pamir region. Deputy of the Council of the Afghan...more than 420 Kyrgyz families live in Big Pamir now, this is about 4 thousand Kyrgyzes...