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.
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
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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.
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