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- proper noun a mountain range located in
Gilgit ,Ladakh & Baltistan. The Karakoram range is home to more than sixty peaks above 7,000m (22,960 ft), most of which are in theNorthern Areas ofPakistan , includingK2 , the second highest peak of the world (8,611 m, 28,244 ft).
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- noun a mountain range in northern Kashmir; an extension of the Hindu Kush; contains the 2nd highest peak
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Examples
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The name Karakoram is appropriated to the eastern part of the system which originates at E. longitude 79° near the Pangong lake in the
The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir James McCrone Douie 1894
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Situated in the Orash Valley, Abbottabad is circled by forested hills cut by the Karakoram Highway, once part of the fabled Silk Road.
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Beijing says these troops are helping repair the fabled Karakoram Highway (KKH), the only land link between close allies China and Pakistan's Gilgit region.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Beijing says these troops are helping repair the fabled Karakoram Highway (KKH), the only land link between close allies China and Pakistan's Gilgit region.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Beijing says these troops are helping repair the fabled Karakoram Highway (KKH), the only land link between close allies China and Pakistan's Gilgit region.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Gateway to the Silk Route, the ancient trade path to China through the Karakoram Mountains, the deadliest chain of peaks in the world.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew Richard Bangs 2011
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The fabled state of Kashmir lies in majestic isolation amid the towering mountain ranges of the Himalayas and Karakoram that separate the torrid plains of north India from the steppes and deserts of Central Asia.
Eric Margolis: Almost Forgotten: The World's Most Dangerous Conflict Eric Margolis 2011
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Beijing says these troops are helping repair the fabled Karakoram Highway (KKH), the only land link between close allies China and Pakistan's Gilgit region.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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Gateway to the Silk Route, the ancient trade path to China through the Karakoram Mountains, the deadliest chain of peaks in the world.
Richard Bangs: The Pakistan Osama bin Laden Never Knew Richard Bangs 2011
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Beijing says these troops are helping repair the fabled Karakoram Highway (KKH), the only land link between close allies China and Pakistan's Gilgit region.
Eric Margolis: Kashmir Could Start a Nuclear War Eric Margolis 2010
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