Pamir Mountains

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Noun1.Pamir Mountains - a mountain range in central Asia that is centered in Tajikistan but extends into Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan and Pakistan and western China
Afghanistan, Islamic State of Afghanistan - a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south; "Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan in 1979"
Cathay, China, Communist China, mainland China, People's Republic of China, PRC, Red China - a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan, West Pakistan - a Muslim republic that occupies the heartland of ancient south Asian civilization in the Indus River valley; formerly part of India; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
Kirgizia, Kirgizstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Kirghizia, Kirghizstan, Kirgiz, Kirghiz - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
Republic of Tajikistan, Tadjik, Tadzhikistan, Tajikistan, Tajik, Tadzhik - a landlocked mountainous republic in southeast central Asia to the north of Afghanistan; formerly an Asian soviet
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In this chapter, it will derive the performance bounds for the Hybrid-F&R-LLL algorithm with the proximity factors method which was first introduced in [7] by Professor CongLing. The general form of the upper performance bound is shown below:
One could even argue that the directions are not to be taken too seriously, after all, errors in direction are unfortunately not so uncommon in Chinese sources: Pelliot (1963: 695f.) cites examples where Nepal is located west of Tibet, and India even north-west of the Onion-Range (Congling, the Pamirs).
According to the Suishu (completed 636) and Beishi (completed 659), the Nuguo is located south of the Congling mountains (the Pamirs), (37) according to the Suishu it lies 3000 li south of Khotan (this is the same distance as for Suvarnagotra).