Qareh Bulaq
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Qarabolaq or Qareh Bulaq () is a small settlement in the Great Pamir in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan. It lies at an altitude of 4,139 m on the eastern shore of Zorkul lake, near the Afghan border with Tajikistan but also close to the Afghan borders with Pakistan and China.
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- human settlement
- Country
- Afghanistan
- Located in
- Wakhan
- Elevation
- 4139
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Qarabolaq or Qareh Bulaq () is a small settlement in the Great Pamir in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, northeastern Afghanistan. It lies at an altitude of 4,139 m on the eastern shore of Zorkul lake, near the Afghan border with Tajikistan but also close to the Afghan borders with Pakistan and China.
==Climate== Qarabolaq has an alpine tundra climate (Köppen: ET). It has brief, cool summers and long, frigid winters. With an annual mean of , Qarabolaq lies in the continuous permafrost zone.
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