Gissar Range is a
mountain rangeA mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes,...
in
Central AsiaAsia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It is also sometimes known as Middle Asia or Inner Asia, and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.Various definitions of its...
, in the western part of the Pamir–Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east-west direction across the territory of
TajikistanTajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east...
and
UzbekistanUzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union...
. The Gissar Range (also known as
Hissar or
Hisor Range) lies south of the Zeravshan Range, extending north of Dushanbe through Tajikistan's
Gissar DistrictHisor District or Nohiyai Hisor is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination, in Tajikistan, located west of the capital Dushanbe, between Varzob district in the east and Shahrinaw district in the west...
and reaching Uzbekistan at the north tip of
Surkhandarya ProvinceSurxondaryo Province , old spelling Surkhandarya Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the extreme south-east of the country. Established on March 6, 1941, it borders on Turkmenistan, Tajikstan, Afghanistan and Qashqadaryo Province. It covers an area of 20,100 km²...
. The highest point in the Gissar Range at is located in Uzbekistan on the border with Tajikistan, just north-west of
DushanbeDushanbe , population 679,400 people , is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan...
.
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Gissar Range is a
mountain rangeA mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes,...
in
Central AsiaAsia is a region of Asia from the Caspian Sea in the west to central China in the east, and from southern Russia in the north to northern India in the south. It is also sometimes known as Middle Asia or Inner Asia, and is within the scope of the wider Eurasian continent.Various definitions of its...
, in the western part of the Pamir–Alay system, stretching over 200 km in the general east-west direction across the territory of
TajikistanTajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and People's Republic of China to the east...
and
UzbekistanUzbekistan, officially the Republic of Uzbekistan , is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia, formerly part of the Soviet Union...
. The Gissar Range (also known as
Hissar or
Hisor Range) lies south of the Zeravshan Range, extending north of Dushanbe through Tajikistan's
Gissar DistrictHisor District or Nohiyai Hisor is a district in the Region of Republican Subordination, in Tajikistan, located west of the capital Dushanbe, between Varzob district in the east and Shahrinaw district in the west...
and reaching Uzbekistan at the north tip of
Surkhandarya ProvinceSurxondaryo Province , old spelling Surkhandarya Province is a viloyat of Uzbekistan, located in the extreme south-east of the country. Established on March 6, 1941, it borders on Turkmenistan, Tajikstan, Afghanistan and Qashqadaryo Province. It covers an area of 20,100 km²...
. The highest point in the Gissar Range at is located in Uzbekistan on the border with Tajikistan, just north-west of
DushanbeDushanbe , population 679,400 people , is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan...
. Formerly known as
Peak of the 22nd Congress of the Communist Party, the
Khazret SultanKhazret Sultan is a mountain and the highest point of Uzbekistan, with an altitude of 4,643 metres . It is located on the border between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, in Surkhandarya Province, in the Uzbek part of the Gissar Range...
is also the
highest point in all Uzbekistan. The Gissar Range is composed of crystalline rocks,
schistThe schists form a group of medium-grade metamorphic rocks, chiefly notable for the preponderance of lamellar minerals such as micas, chlorite, talc, hornblende, graphite, and others. Quartz often occurs in drawn-out grains to such an extent that a particular form called quartz schist is produced...
, and
sandstoneSandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains. Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any color, but the most common colors are tan, brown, yellow,...
, punctured by
graniteGranite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite has a medium to coarse texture, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as porphyry. Granites can be pink to dark gray or even black, depending on their...
intrusions.