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Landscape,
Location and Geography
The landscape of Pakistan ranges from lofty mountains in the north,
the Karakoram and the Himalayas, through dissected plateaus to the
rich alluvial plains of the Punjab. Then follows desolate barrenness
of Balochistan and the hot dry deserts of Sindh blending into miles
and miles of golden beaches of Mekran coast.
Pakistan is situated between latitude 24 and 37
degrees North and longitude 62 and 75 degrees East. The country
borders Iran on the West, India on the East, Afghanistan in the
North-West, China in the North and the Arabian Sea in the South.
The great mountain ranges of the Himalayas, the Karakoram and the
Hindukush form Pakistan's northern highlands of North West Frontier
Province and the Northern Area; Punjab province is a flat, alluvial
plain with five major rivers dominating the upper region eventually
joining the Indus River flowing south to the Arabian Sea; Sindh
is bounded on the east by the Thar Desert and the Rann of Kutch
and on the west by the Kirthar range; the Balochistan Plateau is
an arid tableland, encircled by dry mountains. Its total area is
803,940 Sq.Km and total land area is 778,720 Sq.Km. (including FATA
and FANA).
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