Little Pamir

The Little Pamir (Dari: پامیر خرد, romanized: Pāmīr-e Khord; Kyrgyz: Kichik Pamir; Pashto: کوچنی پامیر, romanized: Kochni Pamir; Wakhi: Wuch Pamir) is a broad U-shaped grassy valley or pamir in the eastern part of the Wakhan National Park, which itself is located in the Wakhan District of Badakhshan Province in northeastern Afghanistan. The valley is 100 km (62 mi) long and 10 km (6.2 mi) wide, and is bounded to the north by the Nicholas Range, a subrange of the Pamir Mountains.

The Little Pamir is accessed by a gravel road at Sarhad, Afghanistan, about 5 days' walk away. A rough road also leads to the Little Pamir from Murghab in Tajikistan, and was the route by which the Soviets occupied the eastern part of Afghanistan's Wakhan District. The border is now closed. In 2000 the road was used to deliver humanitarian aid to the Kyrgyz of the Little Pamir, and in 2003 a trade fair was held at the border for a few hours.

Chaqmaqtin Lake (17 km (11 mi) by 3 km (1.9 mi)) lies towards the western end of the valley while the Tegermansu valley lies at its easternmost end. The Aksu or Murghab River flows east from the lake through the Little Pamir to enter Tajikistan at the eastern end of the valley. The Bazai River (also known as the Little Pamir River) rises a short distance west of the lake, and flows 15 km (9.3 mi) west to join the Wakhjir River and form the Wakhan River near the settlement of Bazai Gumbad.