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Topography

defination division
Mountains plateau plains desert

1:northern balochistan indus plains thal

2:north western potwar upper and lower thar

3:western kharan
North and North west mountains

Characteristics
Karakoram range hindukash himalaya
6000 m 5000 m 4000 m
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Glacier glacier glacier

K-2 tirich mir nanga perbat

River indus river kabul roof of the world

Khunjrab pass passes shindur (valleys)

Attock lawari Kashmir,Murree hillstations


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Highway shangla

Valleys (valleys)

Gilgit,baltistan,hunza Dir, swat, chitral


Western mountains

1:Koh-e- Sufaid 2:Waziristan hills 3:Suleman kirthar

River kabul and swat gomal and kurram river takht e suleman

Peshawar kohat Banu valley near tochi pass ras koh chagai hills

Warsak dam D I khan near Gomal pass minerals lime stone

Limestone minerals granite hills, sand stone


Economy and Life style

Overall terrace farming

Traditional lifestyle tourasim

Lack of infrastructure facilities few better roads

Nomadic life

Cottage industry
Plateaus

Potwar

Balochistan
Balochistan Potwar
1:basins River indus and jehlum
2:Chagai hills badland topography
3:minerals Soan river
4:Quetta salt range
5::rivers mineral deposits
Hub,paroli,Hingol coal ,oil fields

6:Hamuns sakesar peak

7:Central Makran minerals lakes

8:coastal Makran industry


Indus Plains

Factors erosion deposition


Drainage pattern
Division of indus

1:Active flood plain 2:old flood 3:Alluvial


Long narrow strip excessive moonsoon
15 km or flood
Name net ya khadar 30 km
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Features old alluviam


Meanders remains of abondand
Ox bow lakes channels,meanders...

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3:Alluvial Terraces

Doabs or bars
60 km
Best for agriculture
Examples rachna,bari…
All human activities
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Piedmont plains tidal delta


Lower indus plain
Cuestas or escarpments rohri cuesta
Ridges mineral rich
Construction of berrages
Deserts

1:Thal in punjab
2:Thar cholistan nara
In sindh and south punjab
3:Kharan in balochistan
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Characteristics…..
Bare rocks, sand plains, sand dunes, cracks in rocks
Oil and gas fields
Sukhar barrage for irrigation
Thal SCARP project

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