Muzkol ( taj. Muzkul ) - a mountain range in the Pamirs , in Tajikistan .
| Muzkol | |
|---|---|
| Taj. Muskul | |
| Characteristics | |
| Length | 130 km |
| Width | |
| Highest point | |
| Highest peak | peak of Soviet Officers |
| Absolute height | 6233 m |
| Location | |
| A country |
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| Mountain system | Pamir |
The ridge stretches in the latitudinal direction from the confluence of the Kudara and Murgab rivers in the west to the meridional section of the South Akbaital river valley in the east. The total length of the ridge is 130 km. The average height of the western section is 5370 m, the eastern - 5720 m, the highest point is the peak of the Soviet Officers (6233 m). It is separated from the Pshart Range in the south by the valleys of the West Pshart and East Pshart rivers .
The ridge is composed mainly of metamorphic schists , limestones and sandstones . The landscape is dominated by rocky highlands with rocks and screes on steep slopes. At the foot - a cold alpine desert with extremely sparse sparse cryophilic vegetation . In the ridge area, there are 440 glaciers on an area of about 330 km².
Sources
- Dictionary of modern geographical names / Rus. geo about . Mosk. center; Under the total. ed. Acad. V.M. Kotlyakova . Institute of Geography RAS . - Yekaterinburg: U-Factoria, 2006 ..
- Muzkol - an article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia . .