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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which place is called as the ‘Roof of the World’?
A
The Pamirs in Central Asia
B
Laos
C
Tasmania
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They spread from the south to the north of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and converged on the Pamirs. These mountains now radiate from the Pamirs and most of them are more than 4, 000 m in height. Because of this, the Pamir Mountains are known as ‘The Roof of the World’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. Tibetan Plateau(Pamir Plateau) is known as the Roof of the World. It is called the roof of the world because it is at high altitude. It is also known as the Pamir Mountains.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Description. Central Asia’s Tibetan Plateau is justifiably nicknamed “the roof of the world"-its average elevation is more than 4, 500 meters (14, 764 feet).

Detailed explanation-4: -Pamir knot is popularly called as “Roof of the world” because of its position in very high altitudes. Formed due to the collision of the Indo-Australian and Eurasian tectonic plates, Pamir Mountain is apparently the largest and highest plateau among others in the world.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Pamir is around Lake Zorkul. The Little Pamir is east of this in the far east of Wakhan. The Taghdumbash Pamir is between Tashkurgan and the Wakhan west of the Karakoram Highway. The Alichur Pamir is around Yashil Kul on the Gunt River.

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