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Pamirs | Mountain Region, Central Asia, Geography & History
Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia.The Pamir mountain area centres on the nodal orogenic uplift known as the Pamir Knot, from which several south-central Asian mountain ranges radiate, including the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram Range, the Kunlun Mountains, and the Tien Shan.Most of the Pamirs lie within Tajikistan, but the fringes penetrate Afghanistan, China, and Kyrgyzstan.
Pamirs - Mountains, Glaciers, Plateaus | Britannica
Pamirs - Mountains, Glaciers, Plateaus: The Pamirs are divided into three broad zones according to the characteristics of their rock formations: the northern, central, and southern Pamirs. The southern zone consists of metamorphic rocks (gneiss, quartzite, marble, and others) to which most researchers attribute a Precambrian age (more than 540 million years old).
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