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Karakorum
Karakorum or Karakoram, mountain range, extending c.300 mi (480 km), between the Indus and Yarkant rivers, N Kashmir, S central Asia; SE extension of the Hindu Kush . It covers disputed territory, held by China on the north, India on the east, and Pakistan on the west. Karakorum's main range has some of the world's highest peaks, including K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen; 28,250 ft/8,611 m), the second highest peak in the world. Karakorum also has several of the world's largest glaciers. Its southern slopes are the watershed for many tributaries of the Indus River. The mountains, the greatest barrier between India and central Asia, are crossed above the perpetual snow line by two natural routes. Karakorum Pass (alt. 18,290 ft/5,575 m), the chief pass, is on the main Kashmir-China route. Another important pass, Khunjerab (Kunjirap) Pass (alt. 15,420 ft/4,700 m), is on the Pakistan-China route (see Hunza ).
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Karakorum Highway to Enhance International Trade
Newspaper article from: Xinhua English Newswire; 5/16/1996; 478 words
; ...Moukhamed Zbanov said here today the Karakorum Highway will play a vital role in enhancing...the opportunities to come closer. The Karakorum highway will play a key role in enhancing...improvement and rehabilitation of the Karakorum Highway will pave the way for reviving...
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Karakorum Splendor Wins Stallion Series
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/4/2005; 301 words
; ...Dateline: SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. Karakorum Spendor, foreground, ridden by John...Association, Adam Coglianese) Favorite Karakorum Splendor won the $250,000 Statue of...Race Course. Ridden by John Velazquez, Karakorum Splendor covered the 1 1-8 miles in...
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CHINA OKAYS US$5.9 MLN FOR IMPROVING KARAKORUM HIGHWAY.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 9/18/2000; 493 words
; ...5.9 million) for improvement of Karakorum Highway besides designing of 7 bridges...Pakistan with an objective of reviewing Karakorum Highway. Talking to Chinese construction...encouraging. Yan said the 860 km long Karakorum Highway is the 8th wonder of the world...
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En el Karakorum. (experiencia de periodista en Mongolia)(TT: At the Karakorum) (TA: a journalist's experience in Mongolia)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...ocres, pajizas, imponentes murallas del Karakorum... Lo que se dice -debis creerme...Harhorin (de donde, fonticamente, Karakorum. Nadie lo confunda con la homnima cumbre...Erdenezuu Hiid o conjunto monstico del Karakorum -levantando con las piedras y los detritos...
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The Silk Road through Pakistan.(traveling the Karakorum Highway in Pakistan)
Magazine article from: PSA Journal; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; Once you have traveled the Karakorum Highway through Pakistan you understand...declined as sea routes were opened. The Karakorum Highway took nearly two decades to...done in quick sign language. As the Karakorum continues into the Northern Territory...
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Asif (VC of Karakorum varsity Gilgit calls on President).
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 6/11/2009; 438 words
; ...Dr. Najma Najam, Vice Chancellor Karakorum University Gilgit called on the President...who is also the Chancellor of the Karakorum University felicitated her on her appointment and asked her to convert Karakorum the University into a model Federal...
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Boden- und Wasserrecht in Shigar, Baltistan: Autochthone Institutionen der Ressourcennutzung im zentralen Karakorum
Magazine article from: Internationales Asien Forum. International Quarterly for Asian Studies; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Institutionen der Ressourcennutzung im zentralen Karakorum. (Bonner Geographische Abhandlungen...and Basho in Baltistan in the Central Karakorum, north of the confluence of the Shigar...of the research program "Culture Area Karakorum (CAK)". In view of the scarcity of...
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''Chernobyl's Hero'' to Race for Children in Need; Karakorum Racing of New York purchases filly to race in benefit of Chernobyl Children's Project International.
Business Wire; 9/7/2006; 700+ words
; ...Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Karakorum Racing's president Bill DiScala purchased...Award winning film "Chernobyl Heart." Karakorum became a sponsor of the charity but DiScala...Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986. Karakorum Racing (www.karakorum.com) is based...
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i 4.00 2.60 2.20 2 Karakorum Sunshine 4.20 3.00 7 Point [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 11/2/2007; ; 559 words
; ...Aqueduct OTB results FIRST 4 Mustang Cali 4.00 2.60 2.20 2 Karakorum Sunshine 4.20 3.00 7 Point Me to It 3.80 Exacta (4...3-4-6) $228.50; Scratched: I Ain't No Saint, Karakorum Tuxedo NINTH 10 Youbethecan 12.80 7.10 5.90 13 Dynaski...
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President launches Karakorum Highway expansion project.
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 2/17/2008; 369 words
; ISLAMABAD, February 16 (PPI) : President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday launched the project to expand Karakorum Highway, aimed at improving trade and commercial activity particularly with neighbouring China. The 335 kilometre long road from...
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Karakorum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Karakorum , ruined city, central Republic of Mongolia...SW of Ulaanbaatar. The area around Karakorum had been inhabited by nomadic Turkic...residence there. As capital of the Mongols , Karakorum was visited (c.1247) by a papal mission...
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Kublai Khan
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...he had begun to summon men of culture to his quarters in Karakorum in the Gobi Desert to offer counsel on political affairs...faction, disputed the election and proclaimed himself khan at Karakorum. In the following years Kublai fought his rebellious brother...
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K2
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Austen, peak, 28,250 ft (8,611 m) high, in the Karakorum range, N Kashmir, on the China-Pakistan border; second...surveyed the region. "K2" is taken from the first letter of Karakorum, and the number indicates that it was the second peak in...
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Mongolia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...founded their first empire (744-856) with its capital near Karakorum in W Mongolia. The Khitan, who founded the Liao dynasty...all Mongolia, united its tribes, and from his capital at Karakorum led the Mongols in creating one of the greatest empires of...
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Mongol empire
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...1241 the Mongols withdrew to attend an election in their capital, Karakorum, in Mongolia. However, the GOLDEN HORDE remained in control of Russia...Mongols were driven out of China and in 1372 a Chinese army burned Karakorum.
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