Geography of Tajikistan

thumb|Outline of the Badakhshan region in Central Asia, spanning parts of [[Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and China.]] thumb|Tajikistan's Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region thumb|Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province

Overview of the geography of Tajikistan

Wakhan (Dari; Pashto: ), also spelt as Vakhan and known as Vakhon (Tajik: Вахон}, is a rugged, mountainous part of the Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush and Karakoram regions of Afghanistan and Tajikistan. It covers mainly the Wakhan District of Badakshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan.

Russian geographer (1879–1958)

outpost in Khatlon, Tajikistan