Mountain Range Karakoram. The karakoram mountains form the western side of the himalaya mountain range. The karakoram mountain range spans the borders of pakistan india china afghanistan and tajikistan.
A vast region of barren rock and ice of gravel covered glaciers where jeep roads cut through valley systems to remote. The topography of the range is characterized by long slopes steeps cliffs and taluses. The field is separated from the himalaya range by three rivers namely indus gilgit and shyok rivers.
Northern pakistan hosts three of the world s biggest and most spectacular mountain ranges the himalaya the karakoram and the hindukush.
The topography of the range is characterized by long slopes steeps cliffs and taluses. While the great himalayan range stretches through. The karakoram meaning black gravel mountains of pakistan mark the western end of the greater himalayan mountain chain and contain the greatest concentration of high peaks on earth. The range is home to four of the earth s 14 mountains over 8 000 metres in height including k2 the second highest peak in the world.