Wakhan National Park in the context of "Ibex"

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⭐ Core Definition: Wakhan National Park

Wakhan National Park is a national park in northeastern Afghanistan. Established in 2014, the park encompasses the entire Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province, extending along the Wakhan Corridor between the Pamir Mountains and the Hindu Kush, bordering the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan to the north, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan to the south, and the Xinjiang autonomous region of China to the east.

Flora and fauna in the Wakhan National Park include some 600 plant species, the snow leopard, lynx, wolf, brown bear, stone marten, red fox, Pallas's cat, ibex, Marco Polo sheep, and urial. Remote and largely above the tree line, poaching and overgrazing, rather than mining and logging, currently pose the main threats. Around 15,000 Afghans of ethnic Wakhi and Kyrgyz background reside in the area. Foreigners must have an Afghan visa to tour the area.

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Wakhan National Park in the context of Afghanistan–China border

The Afghanistan–China border is a 92-kilometre-long (57 mi) boundary between Afghanistan and China, beginning at the tripoint of both countries with the Pakistan's federally administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, following the watershed along the Mustagh Range, and ending at the tripoint with Tajikistan. This short border is in the far northeast of Afghanistan, distant from much of the country or urban areas in either country, at the end of the long, narrow Wakhan Corridor. The Chinese side of the border is in the Chalachigu Valley. The border is crossed by several mountain passes, including Wakhjir Pass in the south and Tegermansu Pass in the north.

Both sides of the border are protected areas: Wakhan National Park in Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province on the Afghan side and Taxkorgan Nature Reserve in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on the Chinese side.

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Wakhan National Park in the context of Lake Zorkul

Zorkul (Dari: زارکول; Pashto: زارکول; Tajik: Зоркӯл, romanized: Zārkul) is a lake in the Pamir Mountains that runs along the border between the Wakhan District in Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan and the Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region of Tajikistan. It is part of both the Wakhan National Park of Afghanistan and the Tajik National Park.

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← Afghanistan–China border ← China–Afghanistan border ← Lake Zorkul
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National park → Afghanistan → Wakhan District → Badakhshan Province → Wakhan Corridor → Pamir Mountains → Hindu Kush → Gorno-Badakhshan → Autonomous region → Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → Gilgit-Baltistan → Xinjiang → Autonomous region of China → Snow leopard → Lynx → Wolf → Brown bear → Beech marten → Red fox → Pallas's cat → Ibex → Marco Polo sheep → Urial → Tree line → Poaching → Overgrazing → Mining in Afghanistan → Environmental issues in Afghanistan → Wildlife conservation → Wakhi people → Kyrgyz people → Visa policy of Afghanistan →