Karakorum Range


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Ka·ra·ko·ram Range

also Ka·ra·ko·rum Range  (kăr′ə-kôr′əm, kär′-)
A mountain system of northern Pakistan and India and southwest China. An extension of the Hindu Kush, it rises to 8,611 m (28,251 ft) at K2, the second-highest mountain in the world.
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Noun1.Karakorum Range - a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
Karakoram, Karakoram Range, Mustagh, Mustagh Range
Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir, Cashmere - an area in southwestern Asia whose sovereignty is disputed between Pakistan and India
Gasherbrum - a mountain in northern Kashmir (26,470 feet high)
Dapsang, Godwin Austen, K2, Mount Godwin Austen - a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir; the 2nd highest peak in the world (28,250 feet high)
Rakaposhi - a mountain peak in the Karakoram Range in northern Kashmir (25,560 feet high)
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The Siachen Glacier in the Karakorum range is known as the highest militarised zone and battlefield in the world, where soldiers have to battle frostbite and high winds.
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The Karakorum extends 350km parallel to the Himalayas, from the Siachen glacier in the east along the border between Pakistan and China to the Ishkamun River, which divides the Karakorum range from the Hindu Kush in the west (Ives, 2004).
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