The Tibetan Plateau (also known as the Pamir Plateau) is known as the Roof of the World. The Tibetan Plateau earned this title due to its immense altitude and vast expanse. Geologically ...

Here, on the roof of the world, several of Asia’s highest ranges meet—the Hindu Kush, the Karakoram, the Kunlun—a spot so tangled with mountains it’s known as the Pamir Knot. The Wakhan ...

She was dancing alone, the young foreigner, swaying barefoot on the roof of a car parked at an ... paradise at the southern edge of the Pamir mountains. The car had EU plates.

Xizang, known as the "Roof of the World," has seen a dramatic transformation in its infrastructure. Once isolated and without formal roads, the region relied on manual labor and pack animals for ...

The Third Pole (Roof of the World) shows us how Tibetan people live ... continuous and erect snow mountains, rich and productive land steps, cyclical and round streams, soil and nature, animals ...

Soon after takeoff from Islamabad, the plane flew directly over the mountains in the north of Pakistan ... include some of the highest peaks in the world. You can see Nanga Parbat (8,125m ...

In 2023, researchers ventured into the Pamir Mountains of Tajikistan to survey ... There are around 2,300 species of wolf spiders in the world. They are the most common type of spider globally.

From the highest in the world to the one of the longest, these incredible railways each offer something totally unique. As they speed through mountains ... to as ‘the roof of the world’.

After climbing over 30 mountains, summiting 13 of the 14 eight ... guiding to meet someone's dream of scaling the roof of the world. This is the portrait of a silent climber.