Murghab

The upper Murghab flows through the high, cold eastern Pamirs. Known as the Aksu in its upper reaches, the river takes the name Murghab after meeting the Akbaital, and farther west becomes the Bartang before joining the Panj. These broad upland valleys lie beneath high passes and bare mountains. South of the river, the remains of Bazardara recall an eleventh-century settlement established to work the area's silver deposits.