Pamir Knot Roof Of The World

Being the narrative of a journey over the high plateau of tibet to the russian frontier and the oxus sources on pamir.

Pamir knot roof of the world.

The knot refers to the convergence of some of the world s major mountain ranges including the tian shan karakorum kunlun hindu kush and pamir systems. As the pamir mountains are comprised of those mountain ranges which are the highest in the world according to sea level. Convergence of mountain ranges. The pamir mountains or the pamirs 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 and among the highest mountains inthe world they have been known as the roof of the world presumably a translation from persian.

Answered february 27 2018. The origin of the word pamir is unclear although the tajik name for the region is bom i dunyo or roof of the world. The knot refers to the convergence of some of the world s major mountain ranges including the tian shan karakorum kunlun hindu kush and pamir systems. Victorian explorers were the first to dub the pamir the roof of the world its mountains and plateaus form a tectonic knot spreading across asia through afghanistan s hindu kush kyrgyzstan s.

The roof of the world or top of the world is a metaphoric description of the high region in the world also known as high asia. They are among the world s highest mountains its translation in. The unique orographic feature known as the pamir knot takes its name from the mountains on which it is centered the pamir. Pamir plateau is the world highest plateau and that is why it is often called as roof of the world.

The pamirs are a mountain range in central asia stretching from afghanistan into tajikistan. All major and mightiest mountain ranges of the region such as karakorum himalayas hindu kush hindu raj and tian shan converged at this place. The pamirs are one of the last undiscovered tourist destinations. The roof of the world.

The fire s in my heart the water s a tear click on picture to enlarge photo by bradley mayhew 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 origin of the word pamir is unclear although the tajik name for the region is bom i dunyo or roof of the world other sources claim feet of the sun and the high altitude grasslandsof the region as sources of pamir. Pamir mountains which are found in central asia together with pakistan and china are called roof of the world. Reprint by ch eng wen publishing company.

The region has got its name pamir knot for two reasons.