The Karakoram mountain range spans northern Pakistan, India, and China. It contains some of the highest peaks in the world, including K2 which is the second highest at 8,611 meters. The range is heavily glaciated and the climate is semi-arid and continental. The population lives in towns like Gilgit and Skardu and speaks languages like Shina and Burushaski. The Karakoram Highway runs along the range and provides an important trade route.

2. Faisal Khalid
M.Phil
Forestry and Wildlife management
University Of Haripur

3. PRESENTATION
On
Great mountain range
of Pakistan,
karakoram

4. Great mountain range of Pakistan
 Pakistan is blessed with a long range of mountains that are an
attraction for geologists and mountain climbers from all over the
world. Pakistan is home of many mountains like northern and
western mountains above 7,000 metres (22,970 ft). Most of the high
peaks in Pakistan are in Karakoram range, the highest of which is K2
(8,611m), the second highest peak on Earth. The highest peak of
Himalayan range in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat (8,126m), which is the
ninth highest peak of the world. Hindu Kush; highest peak is Tirich Mir
(7,690 metres (25,230 ft). Sulaiman Mountains; highest peak is Takht-
e-Sulaiman (3,487 metres (11,440 ft).

6. Karakoram :
 Karakoram is a Turkic term meaning black gravel. The Central Asian traders
originally applied the name to the Karakoram Pass (Mason, Kenneth (1928)). The
Karakoram, is a large mountain range spanning the borders of Pakistan, India, and
China, with the northwest extremity of the range extending to Afghanistan and
Tajikistan. It begins in the Wakhan Corridor (Afghanistan) in the west and encompasses
the majority of Gilgit–Baltistan (Pakistan) and extends into Ladakh (India), and the
disputed Aksai China region controlled by China. It is the second highest mountain
range in the world.
 The range is about 500 km (311 mi) in length 200 km wide, and is the most heavily
glaciated (28-50%) part of the world outside the polar regions. The Siachen Glacier at 76
kilometres (47 mi) and the Biafo Glacier at 63 kilometres (39 mi) rank as the world's
second and third longest glaciers outside the polar regions.(Zurich, 1990).

8. ‫قراقرم‬ ‫کوہ‬ ‫سلسلہ‬ (in Urdu)
喀喇崑崙山脈 (in Chinese)
काराकोरम (in Hindi)

9. Highest point
Peak K2, Pakistan and China
Elevation 8,611 m (28,251 ft)
Coordinates 35°52′57″N 76°30′48″E

10. Countries List
States/Provinces Gilgit-Baltistan, Ladakh, Xinjiang and Badakhshan
Range coordinates 36°N 76°E Coordinates
Borders on
List
•Pamir Mountains
•Hindu Kush
•Kunlun mountains
•Himalayas
•Ladakh Range

11. Climate
 The climate of the Karakoram Range is for the most part semiarid and
strongly continental. The southern slopes are exposed to the moist
monsoon (rain-bearing) winds coming in from the Indian Ocean, but the
northern slopes are extremely dry. On the lower and middle slopes, rain
and snow fall in small quantities; average annual precipitation does not
exceed 4 inches (100 mm).
 At elevations of about 18,700 feet (5,700 metres), the average
temperature during the warmest month is lower than 32 °F, and, at
heights of between 12,800 and 18,700 feet (3,900 and 5,700 metres), the
temperature is lower than 50 °F (10 °C)

12. Flora and Fauna
Flora: P. smithiana, Rosa webbiana, Juniper, etc

13. Shrubs: Berberis lyceum, Rubus irritans, etc

14. Fauna: Marco Polo sheep, Ibex
urial, Snow leopard, Brown bear
etc

15. Passes:
 From west to east
 Kilik Pass
 Mintaka Pass
 Khunjerab Pass (the highest paved international border crossing at
4,693 m (15,397 ft) Chinese and Pakistani border at Khunjerab Pass
 Shimshal Pass
 Mustagh Pass
 Karakoram Pass
 Sasser Pass

16. Cultural References:
 The Karakoram mountain range has been referred to in a number
of novels and movies. Rudyard Kipling refers to the Karakoram
mountain range in his novel Kim, which was first published in 1900.
Marcel Ichac made a film titled Karakoram (1936). The film won
the Silver Lion (1937). Greg Mortenson details the Karakoram, and
specifically K2 and the Balti, extensively in his book Three Cups of
Tea, about his quest to build schools for children in the region.

17. Traditions:
 languages:
 Urdu is the main language.
 There are also six main local languages aside from Urdu spoken
by the people of the Karakoram: Bali, Burushashki, Kalasha,
Khowar, Shina, and Wakhi.
 As working guides… speak English but other European and Asian
languages as well.

18. What is the difference between people
living in mountains and on plains?
Cloths
Dressing style
Food
Farming style
Housing style

19. Peoples: The population of the Karakoram Range is
concentrated in three towns in the disputed Kashmir region of
the northern Indian subcontinent—Gilgit and Skardu in the
Northern Areas (in the Pakistani administered portion) and Leh
in the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state (in the Indian-
administered portion).
Sunni, Ismaili,Shia, and Non Muslim there in Karakoram.

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24. Rivers:
Gilgit River at
Hunza Indus Shyok Bargo Karakorum

25. Braldu River Valley Karakorum The Surukwat and Karakoram
Mountains range Rivers

26. the valley of South-Braldu (river from
Karakoram hills, Snow, River, Station
Baltoro-Glacier) near the mouth(2008)

28. Environmental Threats:
 Several human activities like the hunting of rare
species and grazing of animals in the upper areas of
the mountain range adversely affect the ecosystem of
the area. Global climatic conditions also affect the
glacier melting in the mountain regions, adversely
affecting the hydrology patterns of the Karakoram.
Deforestation for human habitation and other
anthropogenic activities is also common.

29. Karakoram Highway:
The Karakoram Highway (Urdu: ‫قراقرم‬ ‫)شاہراہ‬ also known as N-35 or National
Highway 35 (Urdu: ‫شاہراہ‬ ‫قومی‬35), ) or the China-Pakistan Friendship
Highway) is a 1300 km national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the
Punjab province of Pakistan to the Khunjerab Pass in Gilgit-Baltistan, where it
crosses into China and becomes China National Highway 314.

30. KKH along the Indus River, 2001.

31. Karakoram Highway near Juglot, The highway in Gojal, Upper Hunza.
The KKH in the Xinjiang region of China. KKH passing through Passu in Pakistan