Question

Name two mountain ranges extending towards west from Pamir Knot.

Answer 1

Pamir Mountains. The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia, at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Suleman and Hindu Raj ranges. ... To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan.

Answer 2

The Pamir Mountains are a mountain range in Central Asia, at the junction of the Himalayas with the Tian Shan, Karakoram, Kunlun, Hindu Kush, Suleman and Hindu Raj ranges. They are among the world’s highest mountains.

Pamir Mountains

Pamir Mountains from an airplane, June 2008

Highest pointPeakKongur TaghElevation7,649 m (25,095 ft)Coordinates38°35′39″N75°18′48″E Geography



Countries

List

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Afghanistan

China

India

Pakistan

States/ProvincesGorno-Badakhshan, Osh Region, Wakhanand XinjiangRange coordinates38.5°N 73.5°E

The Pamir Mountains lie mostly in the Gorno-Badakhshan province of Tajikistan.[1] To the north, they join the Tian Shan mountains along the Alay Valley of Kyrgyzstan. To the south, they border the Hindu Kush mountains along Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor. To the east, they extend to the range that includes China's Kongur Tagh, in the "Eastern Pamirs",[2] separated by the Yarkand valley from the Kunlun Mountains.