The length of the coastal strip is………..
a) 930 km
b) 1046 km
c) 1200 km
d) 1257 km
Pakistan is connected with China by road, this road is called Karakoram Highway (Shahrah-e-Resham) and also known as…….
a) N-655
b) N-35
c) N-25
d) N-135
P h y s i c a l
F e a t u r e o f P a k i s t a n :
On the base of physical features, Pakistan is divided into the following 5 parts.
1. Mountainous Regions (پہاڑی سلسلے):
NORTHERN AREA MOUNTAINS:
1)
Northern Mountains:
This mountains consist of parallel
ranges in the East West Direction
These mountains are divided into two
parts.
The Himalayan Range
The Karakorum Range
The Himalayan:
The Himalalayan Range stretches from
Asam (India) in the East to the River Indus in the North West.
In Pakistan there are three major
ranges of these mountains.
The Shiwalik Range (شوالک کا پہاڑی سلسلہ):
It is situated in the North of plain
area of Punjab.
Its altitude 600 to 1200 meters.
The Pir Punjal Range (پیرپنجال کا پہاڑی سلسلہ):
The Pir Punjal Ranges lies further
to the north of Shiwalik Range.
This range has an altitude of 1800
to 4600 meters.
The Central Himalayas (ہمالیہ کبیر):
In the North of Pakistan this great
mountain range of the world lies in the East-West direction.
Its average height of 6000 meters.
The highest peak of this range,
Nanga Parbat, is 8126 meters high.
The Karakorum Range:
Karakorum Range lies to the north of
Himalayas.
Karakorum Mountain has an average
altitude of 6100 meters.
K-2 is the highest peak of this
range, having an altitude of 8611 meters.
After the Mount Everest, this is the
second highest Peak of the world.
Khunjarab Pass and Karakorum Pass
are the important passes of this range.
North Western and Western Mountainous Regions:
These mountains spread in the
western and North Western parts of Pakistan.
Western Mountains are further
divided into the following important ranges.
The Hindu Kush Range (کوہ ہندوکش):
The Hindu Kush Range is situated in
Chitral and Western part of Northern Areas.
In the North of Chitral, Trichmir is
the highest peak of this range.
River Chitral is the important river
of Hindu Kush Range.
Khyber Pass is the important trade
route between Peshawar valley and Kabul.
The Koh-e-Sufaid (کوہ سفید):
The average altitude of this
mountain range is 3600 meters.
Seeka Ram Sar is the highest peak of
this range.
Parachinar is situated in the foot
of this range.
Waziristan Hills(وزیرستان کی پہاڑیاں):
The average
altitude of these hills is 1500 to 3000 meters.
Miran shah
and Wana are located in this region.
The Suleiman Range (کوہ
سلیمان):
This mountain
range starts from River Gomal and spread to the East up to 450 kilometers.
Takht-e-suleiman
is the highest Peak in this range with a height of 3847 meters.
Kirthar Range (کوہ کیر تھر):
This range is in the south of
koh-e-Suleiman in the North South direction, separates Lower Indus Basin from
Baluchistan.
This Mountain range is about 400
kilometers long and 30 kilometers wide.
Length of
Pakistan is about…………
a) 1100 Km
b) 1300 Km
c) 1600 Km
d) 2100 Km
breadth of Pakistan is about…………
a) 685 Km
b) 885 Km
c) 1085 Km
d) 1285 Km
All the northern mountains consists of parallel ranges in …………..direction.
a) East West
b) North South
c) South East
d) East North
