Districts and Geography
| Mountain | Valley | District |
| Darvoz Range | ||
| Vanj River | Vanj district | |
| Sarikol Range | ||
| Murghob district | ||
| Vanj Range | ||
| Yazgulyam River | ||
| Yazgulem Range | ||
| Bartang River | Rushon district | |
| Rushan Range | ||
| Gunt River | Shughnon district | |
| Shughon Range | ||
| Shakhdara River | Roshtqal'a district | |
| Shakhdara Range | ||
| Panj River | Ishkoshim district | |
| Afghanistan | Amu Darya |
Darvoz District is the western 'beak' of the province. West-central Gorno-Badakhshan is mostly a series of east-west mountain ranges separated by valleys of rivers that flow into the Panj River. The districts correspond the river valleys. Murghob District occupies the eastern half of the province and is mostly a desolate plateau with high mountains on the west.
- Darvoz district (westernmost, north)
- Vanj district (west, north)
- Rushon district (west, center)
- Shughnon district (west, center)
- Roshtqal'a district (west, south)
- Ishkoshim district (west, southernmost)
- Murghob district (eastern two-thirds)
GBAO covers all the eastern part of the country and borders in the East—the Xinjiang Province of China, in the West and South—the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, and in the North—the Osh Province of Kyrgyzstan. Within Tajikistan the province's western border is with the Region of Republican Subordination (RRP) and the tip of its south-western finger (Darvoz district) borders on Khatlon Province. The highest mountains are in the Pamirs (ancient Mount Imeon), which is known as the roof of the world, and three of the five 7,000 meter summits in formerly Soviet Central Asia are located here, including Ismail Samani Peak (formerly Communism Peak) (7,495 m), Ibn Sina Peak (formerly Lenin Peak) (7,134 m, on the border with Kyrgyzstan), and Peak Korzhenevskaya (7,105 m).
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