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Iskanderkul Lake: myth, beauty, and geography
The morning light spills over the Fann Mountains, touching icy peaks and then cascading down slopes until it reaches a stretch of water so clear it mirrors clouds and cliffs alike. That lake is Iskanderkul– known as “Alexander’s Lake”, a jewel set deep in Tajikistan’s highlands, both mythic and geological, where glacial waters collect in…
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Climate and Glaciers: Melting Heights
High above the valleys, the mountains gleam white, their glaciers stretching across ridges like frozen rivers. From afar they seem eternal, a steady crown of ice feeding the rivers below. Up close, they are moving, groaning, shrinking. In Tajikistan’s Pamirs and Alay ranges, glaciers cover thousands of square kilometers, storing the water that sustains life…
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