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GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF TAJIKISTAN

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Jul

Hazards & Safety

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Spatial Patterns of Earthquakes Over a Century

The story of Tajikistan is one of movement—not only of rivers and glaciers, but of the ground itself. Beneath the vast and folded mountains, the Earth never sleeps. Every year, hundreds of tremors ripple through the Gissar, Zarafshan, and Pamir ranges, some too faint to feel, others strong enough to shift rivers, destroy villages, and
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Jan

Hazards & Safety

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Avalanches and Climate Change

Each winter, as the high valleys of Tajikistan disappear under snow, the country holds its breath. In the Pamirs and the Alay ranges, avalanches descend without warning, cutting roads, sweeping away power lines, and, every few years, claiming lives. They are among the most dramatic expressions of mountain geography—sudden, unpredictable, and amplified by change. For
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Aug

Land & Ecosystems

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Climate Migration: Villages Relocating from Risk

In the mountain valleys of Tajikistan, migration is often imagined as a social phenomenon: people moving for work, education, or opportunity. Yet in many villages, movement is increasingly shaped not by choice but by shifting land and water. Climate change alters hydrological patterns, accelerates erosion, and destabilizes slopes, gradually pushing communities to relocate. This is
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Jul

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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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