Karakorum, Mountains

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Karakorum, Kah" rah ko rum. Mountains, a continuation of the Hindu Kush Mountains of central Asia, traversing a portion of Tibet and separating Kashmir from Eastern Turkestan. The peaks are among the highest of the world, Godwin-Austen 28,278 ft. being next to Mt. Everest in height. Several passes cross this range almost at the line of perpetual snow 18,600 ft., 1539 and great glaciers lie upon its western slopes. These mountains form the watershed dividing the tributaries of the Indus from the northern rivers.