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	Pamir. Elbrus ski-tour free ride photo Vladimir Kopylov. Кавказ - Эльбрус со знаком плюс. ...
		In 1866 the first Russian expedition arrived in Pamir, led by the naturalist and explorer fedchenko, who explored the Zaalaiyskiy Mts.and discovered the immense glacier named after him that until recently was considered the largest in the world.
		The Pamir is basically composed of Zaalaiysliy range with Lenin (7134 m) peak, Central part with Communism (7495 m) peak dominating - the most high point and Revolution (6974 m) peak part, and finally south-western Pamir with Engels (6510 m) and Marx rock towers grandeur.
		South-Western Pamir is situated in the border between Tadzhikistan and Afghanistan along the ancient Silk road.
	mountains.tos.ru /pamir.htm (866 words)

	Pamirs - the roof of the world
		This website is dedicated to the children and other people of the Pamirs, a region they know as POMIR – “the roof of the world”, although some claim that POMIR means “feet of the sun”.
		The Pamirs are one of the last "undiscovered" tourist destinations.
		This mountainous area, a large part of which is located in Gorno-Badakhshan in Tajikistan, is one of the most inaccessible in the world.
	www.pamirs.org /index.htm (334 words)

	Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan
		The high elevation snowfields of the Pamir and Tien Shan contain robust records documenting: moisture advection into central Asia from the Atlantic and Arctic; dynamics of the westerly jet stream, the Siberian High, and Asian monsoon; and naturally and humanly forced environmental change over central Asia.
		The Pamir are located in a region that influences hemispheric scale climate and is expected to experience major environmental change as a consequence of warming.
		This field season to the Fedchenko glacier in the Pamir will be a reconnaissance trip to sample snowpits, collect shallow (10 to 20 m) ice cores, and install a meteorological station.
	www.climatechange.umaine.edu /Research/Expeditions/2005/Pamir2.html (261 words)

	Hotspots Revisited
		The Tien Shan lie adjacent to the north, the Hindu Kush to the southwest, the Karakoram to the southeast, and the Kun Lun to the east.
		relictus), the Pamir shrew (Sorex bucharensis), the Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis, VU), and the Alai mole vole (Ellobius alaicus, EN).
		Mountain ungulates have been increasingly seen as a source of food, and snow leopard numbers in Kyrgyzstan are estimated to have fallen by 75% during the 1990s as a result of heavy hunting pressure on them and their prey (Koshkarev and Vyrypaev 2000).
	www.biodiversityscience.org /publications/hotspots/MountainsofCentralAsia.html (5581 words)

	Pamir Mountains
		The Pamir Mountains is a mountain range in Central Asia, lying on the north-west border of India, in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
		Its two highest mountains are Ismail Samani Peak (from 1932- 1962 known as Stalin Peak, from 1962- 1998 as Communism Peak) (24,590 ft/7,495 m) and Lenin Peak (23,508 ft/7,165 m).
		Mountain panoramas from the Pamirs and Kwen Lun
	www.abacci.com /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=Pamir (240 words)

	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
		In literature the Pamir peoples are sometimes referred to as the Mountain-Tadzhik whereas the Tadzhik themselves refer to them as the Pomir or the Shughni, according to which group is the most populous.
		In 1925 a Pamir District was established in Badakhshan, an area that had been left to the U.S.S.R. Later in the same year this area was renamed the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and placed under the jurisdiction of the Tadzhik SSR, with Khorog as the administrative centre.
		The resettling of the inhabitants of the Pamirs began in the late 1940s but reached massive proportions in 1951--54 when whole villages and collective farms were deported to the cotton plantations.
	www.eki.ee /books/redbook/pamir_peoples.shtml (1870 words)

	Unasylva - No. 208 - 2002 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS
		Mountains are global centres of biodiversity for a variety of reasons including their isolation (they are often surrounded by a "sea" of highly modified lowland ecosystems); evolution and migration over time; and contrasting conditions at different altitudes, on different slopes and in diverse microhabitats.
		Mountain species include many that can be eaten, including the precursors of many of the world's major food crops, as well as many medicinal plants and non-wood forest products that have a great range of uses.
		In mountains around the world, emigration from rural areas (especially by men) is a key phenomenon, decreasing the total rate of population growth in the mountains of developing countries, and leading to depopulation in those of industrialized nations.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/004/Y3549E/y3549e05.htm (5227 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Yazgulyam
		The Pamir languages of the Pamir Mountains of Central Asia are Shughni, Sarikoli, Yazgulyam, Munji, Sanglechi-Ishkashimi, Wakhi, and Yidgha.
		In 1954 the Yazgulami living on the mountain slopes were resettled, about 20% of them forcibly, to the Vakhsh valley, where they live dispersed among the Tadjiks, Uzbeks, Russians and other ethnic groups.
		The proto-Bulgar language spoken by the ancestors of modern-day Bulgarians is believed to have been a Pamirian language originally, but after the Bulgars migrated to the Balkans and mixed with the Slavic-speaking inhabitants there, they gradually adopted the local Slavic language, while retaining some words and structures from their old language.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Yazgulyam (774 words)

	Afghanistan Mountains
		Mountains dominate the landscape, forming a terrigenous skeleton, traversingthe center of the country, running generally in a northeast-southwest direction.More than 49 percent of the total land area lies above 2,000 meters.
		Althoughgeographers differ on the division of these mountains into systems, they agreethat the Hindukush system, the most important, is the westernmost extension ofthe Pamir Mountains, the Karakorum Mountains, and the Himalayas.
		The mountains of the Hindukush system diminish in height as they stretchwestward: toward the middle, near Kabul, they extend from 4,500 to 6,000 meters;in the west, they attain heights of 3,500 to 4,000 meters.
	www.country-studies.com /afghanistan/mountains.html (713 words)

	Geography of Tajikistan Summary
		The Pamirs (Mountain Tajiks) dwell in a high-altitude, mountainous knot located mostly in Tajikistan, on the disputed frontiers of Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, and the former Soviet Union.
		Mountainous terrain separates Tajikistan's two population centers, which are in the lowlands of the southern and northern sections of the country.
		The massive mountain ranges are cut by hundreds of canyons and gorges at the bottom of which run streams which flow into larger river valleys where the majority of the country's population lives and works.
	www.bookrags.com /Geography_of_Tajikistan (2605 words)

	Mountains Central Asia Tien-Shan Mountains Kyrgyzstan Pamir Mountaineering Trekking Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The main mountain ranges in Central Asia are the Pamir, the Tien-Shan, the Kunlun-Shan, the Hindu-Kush, the Karakoram (the last two being parts of the Himalayas).
		Of these mountains, Tien-Shan are in Western China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan; Pamir and Pamir-Alai in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kirgizia; Kunlun in Western China; Himalayas including Karakoram in Northern India, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan; and Hindu-Kush in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
		Of the six or seven mountain ranges that merit the title 'great' mountains (and attract the greatest amount of mountaineering activity), only the Andes (where the highest mountain Aconcagua is 38 metres less than seven thousand) are located outside this region.
	www.centralasiatravel.com /mountains_central_asia.html (1045 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pamir region is centered in the Tajikistani region of Gorno-Badakhshan.
		Its three highest mountains are Ismoil Somoni Peak (known from 1932–1962 as Stalin Peak, and from 1962–1998 as Communism Peak), 24,590 ft (7,495 m); Independence Peak, 23,508 ft (7,165 m); and Pik Korzhenevskoi, 23,310 ft (7,105 m).
		There are many glaciers in the Pamir Mountains, including the 45-mile-long (72 km) Fedchenko Glacier, the longest in the former USSR and the longest glacier outside the Polar region.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pamirs (548 words)

	FANTASIA -> Mountains of Central Asia -> Pamir
		The Pamirs are one of the highest mountain ranges in the world, it lie at the junction of three great ranges, the Hindu Kush, Tien Shan and the Karakorum, and constitute a huge land mass over 3,700m.
		Deep snow prevents the crossing of even the lowest mountain passes until late June, while after September serious winter equipment is needed and the Tajik and Kyrgyz shepherds, a glimpse into whose rugged lives is one of the highlights of any trip, have started to retreat from the high pastures.
		The mountains, always barren beyond the irrigated fields of the villages, can appear at their most desolate; yet in the upper valleys, beyond the final village and road-head, you will come across dazzling Alpine pastures, small niches for wild flowers, bees and butterflies.
	www.fantasticasia.net /?p=63 (2024 words)

	Pamir Mountains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Located in Central Asia, the Pamir Mountains are formed by the junction of the world's greatest mountain ranges, a geologic structural knot from which the great Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, and Hindu Kush mountain systems radiate.
		Its two highest mountains are Ismail Samani Peak (from 1932-1962 known as Stalin Peak, from 1962-1998 as Communism Peak) (24,590 ft/7,495 m) and Lenin Peak (23,508 ft/7,165 m).
		At the southeastern edge of the Pamir region, the highest international highway in the world, the Karakoram Highway connects Pakistan to China.
	www.wikimoz.org /wiki/en/wikipedia/p/pa/pamir_mountains.html (240 words)

	Afghanistan - Mountains
		Mountains dominate the landscape, forming a terrigenous skeleton, traversing the center of the country, running generally in a northeast-southwest direction.
		Although geographers differ on the division of these mountains into systems, they agree that the Hindukush system, the most important, is the westernmost extension of the Pamir Mountains, the Karakorum Mountains, and the Himalayas.
		The mountains of the Hindukush system diminish in height as they stretch westward: toward the middle, near Kabul, they extend from 4,500 to 6,000 meters; in the west, they attain heights of 3,500 to 4,000 meters.
	countrystudies.us /afghanistan/32.htm (779 words)

	PAMIR - wyprawa, trekking, Nepal, Elbrus, Everest, Himalaje, wyprawy górskie i trekkingowe
		The Pamir is one of last places today that has spotless beauty and wonderfully original features of nature; here human activity has had little effect.
		The boundlessness of the mountains and of the glaciers, which for thousands of years have intrigued travellers, continue to draw exploration.
		Today scientists in the Pamir investigate some of the greatest glaciers in the world and it is one of the last territories of the Snow Leopard.
	pamir.pl /content/view/195/312/lang,en (467 words)

	Pamir
		Pamir is the highest alpine chain in the South of the ex-SU, these days the territory of the Kirghizia (Kirgiztan) and Tajikistan.
		Generally speaking, Pamir's division accepted in trekking and mountaineering practice doesn't contradict with the one of the geography and reflects the history of Pamir's mountaineering exploration.
		Thus treks and expeditions on Pamir are connected with a long continuous staying on the altitudes of over 4000 meters, it happens that the time of a continuous staying on the altitudes over 5000 meters sometimes reaches its highest value (about half of a month).
	extreme.k2.omsknet.ru /eng/Pamir (1262 words)

	Pamir Lodge, Khorog, Tajikistan - Family-run, great views, English spoken, meals on-site, large, peaceful courtyard ...
		Nestled in a valley in the legendary Pamir Mountains, Pamir Lodge is a peaceful retreat in Khorog, the gateway to the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan.
		Pamir Lodge is located in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan.
		Pamir Lodge is operated by an extended family.
	www.geocities.com /pamirlodge (406 words)

	pamir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Pamirs occupy the area of 60,000 square kilometers.
		The average temperature of the Pamirs is 0 degrees Celsius.
		The inhabitants of the Pamirs claim to be the only pure descendants of the Aryan tribes.
	mail.colonial.net /~serickson/kidsdocs/pamir.html (138 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Pamir
		It is bordered by China on the east and by Afghanistan on the south and west and is separated from Pakistan and Azad Kashmir by a narrow strip of Afghan territory.
		or Tien Shan [Chincelestial 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-China line, is the...
		Homayoun Khamosh, the owner of Pamir Food Mart, with a poster asking for an end to hate crimes on the counter of his Fremont store in the "Little Kabul" neighborhood.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Pamir (693 words)

	:: APMN \| mountains - The Pamir ::
		The name Pamir, or the Bam-i-dunya (Roof of the World) of Persian writers, is actually derived from the broad valleys in south-east Tadzhikstan, but since has come to include all the mountains between the Amu Darya (Oxus) River and Alay Range.
		This high mountain complex between the Tarim and Karakum basins is inclined to the west and drained by the Amu Darya.
		Tadzhikstan is dominated by mountainous relief, as 61.5 per cent of its land surface exceeds 2,000m in elevation.
	www.mtnforum.org /apmn/new_website/mountains/ch4_pamir.php (446 words)

	VENTS D'EST :: Photographer, Pierre Claquin
		Pamir Mountains of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast of Tajikistan ?
		Gorno Badakhshan (Mountainous Badakhshan, in Russian language) or GBAO is the Eastern part of Tajikistan, a Central Asian Republic of the ex-USSR.
		It is also part of the Pamir Mountains where several of the highest summits of the world are located: Peak Communist (7495 meters) and Peak Lenin (7134 meters).
	www.ventsdest.net /english/workshop_new.htm (1924 words)

	Official web site of Pamir-Travel company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Picturesque FANN mountains of Pamir-Alay and ancient monuments of history and archeology of one of the biggest cities of Great Silk Road connects each other in this tour.
		FANN mountains will meet you with noisy rivers, with aroma of fresh air, hiking on wild paths, on whicn sogdians walked many centuries ago- these will create surprising adventures.
		Kokand-Around Tajikistan, Pamir highway and Irkeshtam (China border).
	www.travel-pamir.com /adventure/adv.html (352 words)

	middle east asia maps of countries landforms rivers and information pages
		This low mountain range (and region) of Yemen averages about 3,500 ft. (1,067m), with the highest peak estimated at 8,000 ft., (2,440m).
		These dramatic mountains form a natural border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with many snow-capped peaks reaching over 22,000 ft. The highest point is Tirich Mir at 25,282 ft. (7,706m).
		This region and its namesake mountains stretch across much of Tajikistan and parts of Afghanistan, China and Pakistan, and similar to the Hindu Kush, numerous peaks exceed 22,000 ft, with the highest point being Pik Samani at 24,590 ft. (7,495m).
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/melndcn.htm (751 words)

	middle east asia maps of countries landforms rivers and information pages
		This low mountain range (and region) of Yemen averages about 3,500 ft. (1,067m), with the highest peak estimated at 8,000 ft., (2,440m).
		These dramatic mountains form a natural border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, with many snow-capped peaks reaching over 22,000 ft. The highest point is Tirich Mir at 25,282 ft. (7,706m).
		This region and its namesake mountains stretch across much of Tajikistan and parts of Afghanistan, China and Pakistan, and similar to the Hindu Kush, numerous peaks exceed 22,000 ft, with the highest point being Pik Samani at 24,590 ft. (7,495m).
	worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/melndcn.htm (751 words)

	Trekking in Pamir mountains
		The Fan Mountains - a land of turquoise lakes, clouded peaks and ancient legends - is a unique part of the Pamir Mountain System.
		After your trek in the mountains you visit ancient cities of Central Asia: Samarkand and Tashkent to touch upon history and get a feel of today's life of the cities with their fascinating architectural monuments and exotic oriental bazaars.
		The route lies in the north - western region of Pamir, which is for good reason reputed as the most attractive, owing to the breath-taking sheer peaks, whose vertical, kilometer-long walls throne over green valleys.
	www.asia-travel.uz /treking/pamir.html (582 words)

	EORC \| Seen from Space - Gigantic Glacier in Pamir Mountains: Fedchenko Glacier
		The Pamir Mountains in eastern Tajikistan are called the roof of the world and have many glaciers.
		Many glaciers in the Pamir Mountains as well as the Fedchenko Glacier are melting in recent years, and the influence on water resources of that area may become a serious concern.
		The composite figures were produced by assigning red to the visible channel (630 to 690 nm), green to the near-infrared channel (760 to 860 nm), and blue to the visible channel (520 to 600 nm).
	www.eorc.jaxa.jp /en/imgdata/topics/2006/tp060703.html (493 words)

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