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PRONUNCIATION OF KARAKORAM PASS

Karakoram Pass  [ˌkærəˈkɔːrəm pɑːs] play
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WHAT DOES KARAKORAM PASS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Karakoram Pass

The Karakoram Pass is a 5,540 m or 18,176 ft mountain pass between India and China in the Karakoram Range. It is the highest pass on the ancient caravan route between Leh in Ladakh and Yarkand in the Tarim Basin. 'Karakoram' literally means 'Black Gravel' in Turkic. The high altitude and lack of fodder was responsible for the deaths of countless pack animals, and the route across the pass was notorious for the trail of bones strewn along the way. There is an almost total absence of vegetation on the approaches to the pass. To the south was the barren and feared three days' march across the Depsang Plains at about 5,300 m. To the north, the country was somewhat less desolate before one had to cross the relatively easy and lower Suget Dawan before reaching the lush grazing grounds around Shahidullah or Xaidulla in the upper valley of the Karakash River. The pass is in a saddle between two mountains and about 45 metres wide. There is no vegetation or icecap and it is generally free of snow due to the winds. Temperatures are low, there are often very high winds, blizzards are frequent, and the extreme altitude took its toll.

Definition of Karakoram Pass in the English dictionary

The definition of Karakoram Pass in the dictionary is a high pass (5575 m (18 290 ft)) that crosses the Karakoram mountains in N Kashmir.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH KARAKORAM PASS


bypass
ˈbaɪˌpɑːs
bypast
ˈbaɪˌpɑːs
handpass
ˈhændˌpɑːs
impasse
æmˈpɑːs
outpass
ˌaʊtˈpɑːs
overpass
ˈəʊvəˌpɑːs
pass
pɑːs
PayPass
ˈpeɪˌpɑːs
repass
riːˈpɑːs
sparse
spɑːs
surpass
sɜːˈpɑːs
timepass
ˈtaɪmˌpɑːs
underpass
ˈʌndəˌpɑːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KARAKORAM PASS

Kara-Kalpakia
Kara-Kalpakstan
karabiner
Karachai-Cherkess Republic
Karachai-Cherkessia
Karachayevo-Cherkess Republic
Karachi
Karafuto
Karaganda
karaism
Karaite
Karajan
karaka
karakia
Karakoram
Karakorum
karakul
Karamanlis
karamu
Karan

WORDS THAT END LIKE KARAKORAM PASS

Bernina Pass
Bolan Pass
Brenner Pass
Chilkoot Pass
Great St Bernard Pass
Khyber Pass
Little St Bernard Pass
Saint Bernard Pass
Saint Gotthard Pass
San Bernardino Pass
Shipka Pass
Simplon Pass
Uspallata Pass

Synonyms and antonyms of Karakoram Pass in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

喀喇昆仑山口
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Karakoram Pass
570 millions of speakers

English

Karakoram Pass
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

काराकोरम दर्रा
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ممر كاراكورام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Каракорум Pass
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Karakoram passagem
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

করাকোরাম পাস
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Karakoram passe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Karakoram Pass
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Karakorum -Pass
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カラコルム峠
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

카라코람 패스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Karakoram Pass
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Karakoram đèo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கரகோரம் பாஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

काराकोरम पास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Karakoram Pass
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Passo Karakoram
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Karakorum karnetów
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Каракорум Pass
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Karakoram Pass
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Karakoram πέρασμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Karakoram Pass
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Karakoram Pass
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

Karakoram Pass
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Karakoram Pass

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KARAKORAM PASS»

Discover the use of Karakoram Pass in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Karakoram Pass and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Across the Frozen Himalaya: The Epic Winter Ski Traverse ...
10 maps, 48 colour pictures. When Harish Kohli and his team of seven members reached the summit of the Karakoram Pass in the early afternoon of 17th February 1995, they had been on the move for twelve gruelling hours.
‎2000
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Into the Untravelled Himalaya: Travels, Treks, and Climbs
We do miss him. Soon we reached Karakoram pass, a historic day for us, 28 May 2002, the first foreign expedition stood on this international border with China. The Karakoram pass had almost no view because both sides are blocked by small ...
Harish Kapadia, Geeta Kapadia, 2005
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Visits to High Tartary, Yârkand, and Kâshgar (formerly ...
KARAKORAM PASS AND RANGE. 431 over that high desert plain. It was not till the next day that he rode in, half famished, to the camp of some of my servants, sixty miles back at Shahi- doolla, who were coming after me, and who had already ...
Robert Shaw, 1871
4
Geography of Himachal Pradesh: Karakoram Pass, Rohtang Pass, ...
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Books Llc, 2010
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Visits to High Tartary, Yarkand and Kashgar (formerly ...
So from this point we resume the new direct route from India to Yarkand, which it is hoped will come into use more and more, to the exclusion of the old and more difficult route through Ladak, and over the Karakoram Pass, which merchants ...
Robert Shaw, 1871
6
Himalaya and Tibet: Mountain Roots to Mountain Tops
Plain region are succeeded by an interesting and important sedimentary unit, tentatively named the sedimentary rocks of the Karakoram Pass region (Figs. le. 3, and 6). The limestone, calcareous sandstone, and red-purple-gray-yellow ...
Allison Macfarlane, Rasoul B. Sorkhabi, Jay Quade, 1999
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A Soldier's General: An Autobiography
When seen in the context of the sinister and illegal extension of the LoC from NJ 9842 eastwards to the Karakoram Pass by Pakistan, and the publication in some maps of this interpretation, the rationale of this 'Sino-Pak game' becomes crystal ...
J. J. Singh, 2012
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Karakoram: K2, Khunjerab Pass, Karakoram Highway, Siachen ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2010
9
Ladakh Mountains Of Adventure
Although we were a little tired of trekking, we set out the next day taking the route that led to Saser La and then towards Daulet Beg Oldie at the foot of the Karakoram Pass. The Karakoram Pass! Ah! The Karakoram Pass presents a rare  ...
Simren Kaur
10
Siachen Glacier The Battle of Roses
Accordingly Younghusband left Leh on 10 August 1889 andafter crossingthe Khardung la, Saserlaand finally the Karakoram pass, reached Shahidulla, inCentral Asia.Onthe Karakoram pass he passedthe spot where 'poor Dalgleish hadbeen ...
Harish Kapadia, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KARAKORAM PASS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Karakoram Pass is used in the context of the following news items.
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India's Top 5 Mountain Biking Destinations
The small town is the beginning of an ancient trade route to Ladakh and from there over the Karakoram Pass on to Yarkand and Khotan in the ... «Pinkbike.com, Jun 15»
2
344 constables pass out of ITBP training centre
... have 60 battalions with 90,000 troops manning 3,500 km of the Indo-China border from Karakoram pass in Jammu and Kashmir to Jachep La ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
3
344 constables pass out at ITBP training centre
... have 60 battalions with 90,000 troops manning 3,500 km of the Indo-China border from Karakoram pass in Jammu and Kashmir to Jachep La ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
ITBP gets local ponies, yaks to sustain troops at China border
The border guarding force, which secures 3,488 km of this icy frontier from the Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh, ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
5
THE BIGGER PICTURE: China is coming out as a global power
In September 1962, before the war, the LAC ran from Karakoram Pass, skirted Chip Chap and Galwan valleys, thence to Kongka La, Damba ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
Looking back to the future: The Sino-Indian border dispute of 1954-62
In November 1959, the Indian foreign affairs ministry wrongly claimed that the boundary eastward from the Karakoram Pass in the Northern ... «Asia Times Online, Jun 15»
7
TSAF organises adventure camp in Manali
in Nepal in 2004, Karakoram Pass (18,300 ft) and Mt. Stok Kangri (20,150 ft) in 2006, Mount Kilimanjaro in South Africa in 2008and this year, ... «Avenue Mail, Jun 15»
8
China's Land of Snows
... (and wants India's participation), it should reopen the traditional Himalayan border passes/routes, such as the Karakoram pass and Demchok ... «Website, May 15»
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ITBP Constable Admit Cards 2015 : Download ITBP Group C Admit …
Presently ITBP is deployed on border guarding duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. Indo – Tibetan ... «Lauderdale Daily News, May 15»
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ITBP Constable Admit card 2015 Download – (Animal Transport)
Presently ITBP is deployed on border guarding duties from Karakoram Pass in Ladakh to Jachep La in Arunachal Pradesh. The Indo-Tibetan ... «All India Roundup, May 15»

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