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Which mountain ranges meet near Kashgar?

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Mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, with a large dome and four tall minarets decorated with colorful green, blue, and yellow tiles. — Kashgar A mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China.

Near Kashgar, the Pamirs, the Tien Shan, and the Kunlun Mountains converge. The Pamirs are a highland region in Central Asia where several mountain ranges radiate from a central uplift known as the Pamir Knot. The Kunlun Mountains form a vast rampart between the Plateau of Tibet and the Tarim Basin in western China. The Tien Shan, meaning "Celestial Mountains," is a large mountain system that stretches across China and Kyrgyzstan. The Muztagata Range, a western part of the Kunlun Mountains, extends parallel to the eastern edge of the Pamirs.12345