傑·文化- 南疆之旅22:沿蓋孜大峽谷往帕米爾高原Kit.Culture- Trip to S Xinjiang 22: To Pamir Plateau via Gezi Grand Canyon

蓋孜大峽谷是通往帕米爾高原的門户，距離新疆喀什市往西大約有127公里，海拔2500米，是前往帕米爾高原的第一站。

蓋孜河在整個平坦和緩的峽谷流淌，河水的流速也不急促，河谷上還佈滿了野草、灌木植物，蓋孜河在山谷裏，一下子變得蜿蜒而曲折，隨着山勢，河道也時寬時窄，一泄如注。由於大峽谷內渺無人煙，令人不其然感到這裏廣濶但荒涼。

蓋孜大峽谷位於314國道的咽喉部位，車輛在國道上行走，沿途不時看到大峽谷兩旁裸露隆起巨大山體，層層疊疊，褶皺縱橫。山尖如削、赤紅如焰的蓋孜峽谷從山崖的橫斷面，可以清晰的看出不同巖質，是地殼板塊被不斷推高，形成的不同斷層。在這裡可以讓我們感爱到大自然無窮無盡的力量，不斷在改造地球外貌，也造就了新疆地區不同的形形色色的壯麗風景。

沿着大峽谷向帕米爾高原的塔什庫爾干塔吉克自治縣前進，可以看見白雪皚皚的公格爾山和慕士塔格山聳立在高原上，也經過了庫倫口水庫區的白沙湖及喀拉庫勒湖，這些美麗景色讓人們讚嘆不已。

帕米爾高原古稱蔥嶺，是古代中國和地中海各國的陸上通道絲綢之路之必經之地。地處亞洲中部，位於中國、塔吉克和阿富汗的邊境上。是崑崙山、喀喇崑崙山、興都庫什山和天山交會的巨大山結。面積約10萬平方公里。 高原最高峰爲中國境內的公格爾山（7649米）。帕米爾高原也是亞洲主要山脈的匯集處，包括喜馬拉雅山、興都庫什山等五大山脈，號稱中亞屋脊。帕米爾高原中西部為塔吉克管轄，東部為中國管轄，南部瓦罕帕米爾為阿富汗管轄。

來源: 百度百科及維基百科

Gezi Grand Canyon is the gateway to the Pamir Plateau. It is about 127 kilometers west of Kashgar City in Xinjiang and 2,500 meters above sea level. It is the first stop to the Pamir Plateau.

The Gezi River flows through the entire flat and gentle gorge, and the flow rate of the river is not too fast. The valley is also covered with wild grasses and shrubs. The Gezi River suddenly becomes winding and winding in the valley, following the mountains. The river channel is sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, and the river is full of water. Since the Grand Canyon is completely uninhabited, it makes people feel that it is vast but desolate.

Gezi Grand Canyon is located at the throat of National Highway 314. Vehicles walking on the national highway will often see huge exposed mountains on both sides of the Grand Canyon, with layers of layers and vertical folds. From the cross-section of the cliff, you can clearly see the different rock qualities of the Gezi Canyon, which is as sharp as a mountain and as red as flames. It is the different faults formed by the continuous pushing up of the crustal plates. Here we can feel the endless power of nature, which is constantly transforming the appearance of the earth and creating various magnificent scenery in Xinjiang.

Along the Grand Canyon towards Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County on the Pamir Plateau, you can see the snow-capped Gongger Mountain and Muztagh Mountain towering on the plateau, and also pass by Baisha Lake and Karakul Lake in the Kurungkou Reservoir area. , these beautiful scenery make people marvel.

The Pamir Plateau, known as Congling in ancient times, was the only place that the Silk Road, the overland channel between China and Mediterranean countries, must pass through in ancient times. It is located in central Asia, on the border of China, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. It is a huge mountain knot where the Kunlun Mountains, Karakoram Mountains, Hindu Kush Mountains and Tianshan Mountains meet. It covers an area of ​​about 100,000 square kilometers. The highest peak on the plateau is Gonggeer Mountain (7649 meters) in China. The Pamir Plateau is also the gathering place of Asia's major mountain ranges, including the Himalayas, Hindu Kush and other five major mountain ranges. It is known as the roof of Central Asia. The central and western parts of the Pamirs are under the jurisdiction of Tajikistan, the eastern part is under the jurisdiction of China, and the southern Wakhan Pamir is under the jurisdiction of Afghanistan.

Source: Baidu Encyclopedia and Wikipedia