Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region

Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area but only two percent of its population.

tributary of the Amu Darya

lake in Tajikistan

Zorkul (; ; ) is a lake in the Pamir Mountains that runs along the border between the Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan. It is part of both the Wakhan National Park of Afghanistan and the Tajik National Park.

lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, Tajikistan

The Bartang (Russian and Tajik: Бартанг, Persian: برتنگ) is a river of Central Asia, and is a tributary to the Panj which itself is a tributary to the Amu Darya. In its middle and upper reaches, it is respectively known as the Murghab and Aksu; it flows through the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, then through the Rushon District of the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region, Tajikistan. The river is long ( excluding Aksu and Murghab) and has a basin area of .

mountain range in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan

mountain in Tajikistan

mountain range in Tajikistan

Yashilkul (; ) is a freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province, in southeast Tajikistan, about east of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of with a maximum depth of . It lies from a similar lake, Bulunkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains. The lake forms part of the Bulunkul and Yashilkul lakes and mountains Important Bird Area.

The Gunt (, Ghund or Аличур Alichur, historically in English also Ghund) is a river in the south of Tajikistan, north of the Shughnon Range. It is long and has a basin area of . Its source, Lake Yashilkul, is situated at the edge of the Alichur Pamir, a high plateau or pamir at an elevation of 3,720 m. The city of Khorog is located at the confluence of the Gunt with the Panj (one of the source rivers of the Amu Darya, forming the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan). See Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region for surrounding area.

Mountain range in Tajikistan

mountain range in Pamir Mountains in Tajikistan

mountain range in south-western Pamir in Tajikistan

mountain range in the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan

district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan

mountain range in the Pamir mountains, Tajikistan

mountain in Tajikistan

tributary of the Panj River in Tajikistan

Landslide dam on the Murghab River, Tajikistan

The Yazghulom ( ) is a river in Vanj district, western Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan. It is a right tributary of the Panj (upper Oxus). The river is long and has a basin area of .

district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province

river in Tajikistan

district of Tajikistan

thumb|Bulunkul Village Bulunkul is a shallow, freshwater lake in Gorno-Badakhshan, in southeast Tajikistan, about 130 km east of the provincial capital of Khorog. Lying in the upper Gunt valley of the Pamir Mountains, it has an area of 3900 ha with a maximum depth of 6 m. Dense vegetation covers much of its surface. It is 1.5 km from a similar lake, Yashilkul, both of which are surrounded by other wetlands as well as sand and pebble plains.

district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan

district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan

district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan

district in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Tajikistan

airport in Tajikistan

natural reserve in Tadjikistan

Drumkul, also spelt Dirumkul, is an artificial freshwater lake in southern Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province in eastern Tajikistan. The lake and its surrounds have been identified by BirdLife International as a 380 km2 Important Bird Area (IBA).

Turumtaykul (), also spelled Turumtaikul (; ), is a freshwater mountain valley lake in Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, in the south-east Tajikistan, about east of the provincial capital of Khorugh. Lying in the Pamir Mountains at above sea level, it is , and has an area of with a maximum depth of . Its most numerous fish are Sattar snowtrout and false osman. The lake forms part of the Djavshangoz Important Bird Area.

dialect of the Shughni language

mountain in the Shughnon Range, Pamir mountains, Tajikistan