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UNIT # 1

PAKISTAN: THE NATURAL

TOPOGRAPHY INCLUDING DRAINAGE

 The Northern Mountains & The North-

Western Mountains
 The Western Mountains
 When The Earth Jolted Northern Pakistan
 The Baluchistan Plateau
 The Potwar Plateau & Salt Rage
 The Salt Rage
 The Indus Plain
 The Desert Areas

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Q1 [Q1. NOV 2019]

(a) Study Fig. 1.1, an outline map of Pakistan.

(i) On the map name the following landforms in the boxes provided:
Balochistan Plateau; Himalayan Ranges; Karakoram Range; Salt Range. [4]
(ii) Study Fig. 1.2 (Insert). Identify the mountain feature labelled A in the
photograph.

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(b) (i) Define the term ‘topography’.

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(ii) Describe the natural topography of the northern regions.

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(c) (i) State two reasons why deforestation has occurred in the Northern
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(ii) Explain two impacts of deforestation in the Northern Mountains on the
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(iii) Describe the importance of the Northern Mountains to Pakistan.

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(d) Reducing the impacts of deforestation is more achievable in the northern regions
than in other areas of Pakistan.
To what extent can the problems caused by deforestation in the northern regions of
Pakistan be solved? Give reasons to support your judgement and refer to examples
you have studied.
You should consider different points of view in your answer.
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Answer:

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Q2 [Q1. NOV 2003]

(a) Study the map of Pakistan, Fig. 1.

(i) State the number of degrees east of longitude A,

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(ii) State the name given to area B in the NWFP,
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(iii) Name the mountain range C,
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(iv) Name the river D,

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(v) Name city E.
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(b) (i) Study Photograph X which shows a part of the Potwar Plateau.

Describe the relief of the part of the Potwar Plateau shown on photograph X.
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(ii) Describe the drainage features of the Potwar Plateau.

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(c) How may the following have contributed to the features of area Y on photograph X:

(i) Deforestation,
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(ii) Poor farming practices,
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(iii) Monsoon rain and thunderstorms?
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(d) (i) What name is given to the very violent storms which occasionally hit the
coastal area of Pakistan?
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(ii) What effects do these storms have on the economy and lives of the people
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Q3 [Q1. NOV 2002]

(a) Study the map of Pakistan, Fig. 1, and the sketch section, Fig. 2 (Insert).
On the sketch section, Fig. 2:
(i) name mountain range A,
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(ii) use an arrow to mark the position of a desert and name the desert,
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(iv) name province B.
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(b) (i) Describe the relief and natural drainage of the highland area shown on the
sketch section, Fig. 2, including mountain range A.
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(ii) Describe one problem for people living in this highland area and explain how
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(c) (i) Describe the relief and natural drainage of the Upper Indus Plain.
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(ii) Why are the rivers of the Upper Indus Plain a problem for communications in
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