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( ḳaraḳoram ), a chain of mountains in the centre of Asia lying north of and almost parallel to the Himalayas. The range extends westwards as far as 73° long.; it has not yet been definitely ascertained how far it runs eastwards. At one time the eastern limit was thought to be the pass of the Ḳaraḳorum, the plateau of Depsong and the upper part of the S̲h̲ayok, but, according to the views of several famous geographers, the range runs much farther into Tibet, and the Tang-la (to the north of upper Saluën) should, they think, be regarded ¶ as a part of the Ḳaraḳorum. This idea was first put fo…

(ḳaraḳoram), a chain of m o u ntains in the centre of Asia lying north of and almost parallel to the Himalayas. The range extends westwards as far as 73° of Long.; it has not yet been definitely ascertained how far it runs eastwards. At one time the eastern limit was thought to be the pass of the Ḳaraḳorum, but, according to the views of several famous geographers, the range runs much farther into Tibet and the Tang-la should, they think, be regarded as a part of the Ḳaraḳorum. This idea was fir…

(Ḳaraḳoram), chaîne de montagnes du centre de l’Asie située au Nord de l’Himalaya et presque parallèle à cette dernière chaîne; elle s’étend à l’Ouest jusqu’au 73e degré de longitude, mais sa limite orientale n’est pas encore établie avec certitude; on avait pensé d’abord que cette dernière était constituée par le défilé du Ḳaraḳorum, le plateau de Depsong et la partie supérieure du S̲h̲aysk, mais selon l’opinion de plusieurs géographes éminents, la chaîne qui s’enfonce bien plus loin dans le Tibet et le Tang-la (au Nor…