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Balochistan [4] (/ b ə ˈ l oʊ tʃ ɪ s t ɑː n, b ə ˌ l oʊ tʃ ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n / bə-LOHTCH-ist-a(h)n, - A(H)N; Balochi: بلۏچستان, romanized: Balòcestàn, IPA: [baˈloːt͡ʃest̪ɑːn]), also spelled as Baluchistan or Baluchestan, is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and ...
Map of the four major deserts in Pakistan. Pakistan hosts four hot deserts [1] which were historically forests. In addition to these, there is also a cold desert in the country. These include the Thar Desert in Sindh, the Cholistan Desert and the Thal Desert in Punjab, the Kharan Desert in Balochistan, [2] and the cold desert Katpana Desert in ...
The Kharan Desert (Urdu: صحرائے خاران) is a sandy and mountainous desert situated in Balochistan province in south-western Pakistan. [1] This desert was the site of Pakistan's second nuclear test, Chagai-II, which was carried out on 30 May 1998. [2] The land is not fit for agriculture due to low irrigation.
Makran (Persian: مكران), also mentioned in some sources as Mecran and Mokrān, is the southern coastal region of Balochistan. It is a semi-desert coastal strip in the Balochistan province in Pakistan and in Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman.
Balochistan is located on the south-eastern part of the Iranian plateau. It borders the geopolitical regions of the Middle East and Southwest Asia, Central Asia and South Asia. Balochistan lies at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz and provides the shortest route from seaports to Central Asia. Its geographical location has placed the otherwise ...
Map showing Gedrosia in the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great A map of Gedrosia from Munster's edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia'. Gedrosia (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ d r oʊ ʒ ə /; Greek: Γεδρωσία) is the Hellenized name of the part of coastal Balochistan that roughly corresponds to today's Makran.
The Kharan Desert is located in Northeast Balochistan (a Pakistani state). The desert was used for nuclear testing by the Pakistan military , making it the most famous of the five deserts. The desert is in the center of a large empty basin.
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