
Zorkul
Sign in to saveZorkul (; ; ) 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.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Zorkul is referenced by 256 other articles, and connects out to Bid Khvah(1), Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
The entry is geolocated on the map in waterbody, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region and International lakes of Asia.
Its subject is documented across 38 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Body of water.name
- Zorkul
- Body of water.image
- Lake Zorkul.jpg
- Body of water.image_size
- 285px
- Body of water.caption
- The western end of lake Zorkul, where the Pamir River starts its course.
- Body of water.location
- Pamir Mountains, Hindu Kush
- Body of water.outflow
- Pamir River
- Body of water.basin_countries
- Afghanistan and Tajikistan
- Body of water.pushpin_map
- Tajikistan#Afghanistan#Pamir
- Body of water.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Body of water.pushpin_map_alt
- Location of Zorkul on the border of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
- Body of water.mapframe
- yes
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 38.9
- Elevation
- 4130
- Image
- Lake Zorkul.jpg
- Length
- 20
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- Commons category
- Zorkul Lake
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- See also
- References
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.
== Geography ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zorkul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations