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  • Soils and Agriculture: Living with the Earth

    The earth in Tajikistan is never just earth. In the Vakhsh Valley, it crumbles between fingers like powder, light and pale, laced with salt from decades of irrigation. In Gissar, it is darker, richer, holding the roots of wheat and apricot trees. In the Pamirs, it is thin, clinging to terraces carved by hand. Soils

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  • Launching CADEX: Measuring the Dust Above Dushanbe

    On a spring afternoon in 2016, the mountains above Dushanbe were half-shrouded in a pale, yellow-gray haze. From the rooftops of the capital, one could look west toward the Kafirnigan River valley and watch the sky blur as fine dust drifted in from the deserts beyond. People in the city hardly gave it a second

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  • Landslides in Rasht & GBAO: The Slopes Write Their Own Story

    Rain begins in the high ridges before sunrise, falling first in whispers, then in cascades of sound. Drops pound the roofs of villages in Rasht and Gorno-Badakhshan. Slopes groan. Where soil is loose, roots thin, and water has soaked deep, there is momentum- not in the way of rivers but in earth itself shifting. In

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  • Urban Growth in Dushanbe: Expanding Edges

    From the rooftop of an old Soviet apartment block near Rudaki Avenue, the city stretches out in layers. The center hums with traffic, broad boulevards lined with new glass-fronted shops. Beyond, cranes swing above construction sites, and dust rises from the edges where farmland once lay. Dushanbe is changing before its residents’ eyes. The capital

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  • Biodiversity, Flora, Plants, Tajikistan, Pamirs, Ecosystems, Conservation, Endemic Species, Central Asia

    At dawn in the Pamirs, the air is thin and sharp. Shadows stretch across scree slopes, and silence dominates, that is until a sudden whistle breaks it. A marmot calls from its burrow, alerting others to movement. On the ridge above, an ibex steps carefully, horns sweeping like crescents against the sky. In these high

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  • Vulnerable Basins

    The sound comes first—a low rumble that grows into a roar. By the time villagers hear it clearly, the brown torrent is already spilling down the mountainside, carrying stones, branches, and the unmistakable smell of wet earth. In Tajikistan floods and mudflows are not rare events. They are seasonal realities, woven into life in valleys

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  • Irrigation Systems, Decades of Use and Decay

    The water begins high in the glaciers, clear and frigid, tumbling through rock gorges until it flattens into the valleys. By the time it reaches the cotton fields of the Vakhsh or the orchards of the Zarafshan, the water is a different thing altogether: it is clouded, diverted, slowed by gates and channels built decades

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  • Biodiversity in Tajikistan: Flora

    On the slopes above the Varzob Valley, the air smells of thyme and wet soil. Spring rains coax green shoots from the ground, and the hillsides shift from brown to vivid color almost overnight. Wild tulips flare red and gold; almond trees burst into blossom. Tajikistan’s flora is astonishing in its variety: more than 5,000

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  • Safed Dara Reopens: Tourism Geography and Access

    In January 2016, the snow lies thick across the Varzob Valley, a two-hour drive from Dushanbe. The mountains, usually admired from the capital as a hazy backdrop, are alive with noise: children shouting, skis scraping, music spilling from loudspeakers that echo off the slopes. After decades of silence, Safed Dara, once known as Takob, is

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Geographical Society of Tajikistan
Founded to advance the study and appreciation of Tajikistan’s diverse landscapes, the Geographical Society of Tajikistan brings together researchers, educators, students, and explorers with a shared passion for geography.

Whether you are an academic, a policymaker, or simply curious about the natural and cultural richness of our country, the Geographical Society welcomes you to join our network and explore the world—starting from Tajikistan.

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