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Tajikistan

Tajikistan is a mountainous Central Asian state with the Pamir occupying much of its east. River valleys connect snow- and glacier-fed headwaters with lower settled basins.

Fast Facts

  • Dushanbe lies in a western valley region.
  • The Panj forms much of the border with Afghanistan.
  • The Vakhsh and Panj combine into the Amu Darya system.
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