Pak.

Studies/Code:2059/Geo

BY

TAYYBA ZAHOOR
Topography of Pakistan
 Northern Areas
 Western Areas
 The Balochistan Plateau
 Potwar Plateau
 The Indus Plain
 Deserts
Important Points
Topography

Drainage

Life Style & Economy

The Western Mountains
1.Safed Koh

2.Waziristan Hills
3.Suliman Range

4.Kirthar Range
• Because their peaks are often covered with
snow/called Sofad koh
• Located in an East West direction South of the
Kabul River.

• In its south Khurram River flows and Khurram

pass provides a route to Afghanistan.
Valleys:
• On the other end of Khurram pass Kohat valley is
located .
• Wheat, rice and sugar-cane are cultivated with the
help of irrigation.

• Drained by the river Kabul and Swat. It is a fertile,

alluvial plain irrigated by canals originating from
Warsak dam .
• Located between Khurram And Gomal River.
• Highly mineralized.
• These hills form a rampart between Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
• Khurram river is the main source of irrigation
• Bannu Valley is located here

• Banu near the Tochi pass & Dera Ismail Khan near
the Gomal Pass are important towns .
• West of River Indus.

• Average height 1500m.

• Highest peak Takht-i-Sulaiman .

• Lime stone and sand stone are the main minerals.

• Bolan is the main river of this region. Bolan pass
provides communication facilities between Iran
and Pakistan.

• Quetta is an important military base at the

northern end of Bolan pass.

 TTowards further south Suliman Range meets the

Khirthar Range
Passes Of Western Mountains

TTtchi Gomal Bolan

Tochi Bolan

Afghanistan to Connects Sibi

Ghazni to
A route to Derajats plain to
Bannu
Afghanistan Quetta

Khyber
Khyber

Wide enough to
Leads to the fertile
facilitate the
vale Peshawar
passage of trooPS
• Are mostly bare of vegetation.
• Climate and relief do not support vegetation.
• Canal irrigation is not possible because of mountains
and landscape.
• Transportation facilities are not possible except
Peshawar & Kohat, the rest area is not connected by air
or railway network.
• Most areas are not accessible through main roads.
• Infrastructure is not good.
• Basic necessities require huge investment.
• Mining facilities, education and industries haven't
been established yet.
• Nomadic lifestyle is common.
• Sheep and goat rearing is the main occupation.
• Population density is low.
• Abundant mineral resources but due difficulty of
extracting them