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The Registan–North Pakistan sandy desert ecoregion (WWF ID: PA1326) covers the dry Sistan Basin of southern Afghanistan and portions of eastern Iran and southwest Pakistan. The Registan Desert is the eastern portion of the Sistan Basin. [2] [3] [1] [4] The region is almost entirely dry sandy desert, with some irrigated cropland along the rivers.
The Indus Basin. The Indus Basin is the part of Asia drained by the Indus River and its tributaries. The basin covers an area of 1,120,000 km 2 (430,000 sq mi) [1] [a] traversing four countries: Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan, with most of the area lying predominantly in the latter two countries.
The geology of Pakistan encompasses the varied landscapes that make up the land constituting modern-day Pakistan, which are a blend of its geological history, and its climate over the past few million years. The Geological Survey of Pakistan is the premier agency responsible for studying the country's geology. [1]
The offshore Indus Basin is one of the two basins in offshore Pakistan, the other one being the offshore Makran Basin. The Murray Ridge separates the two basins. The offshore Indus basin is approximately 120 to 140 kilometers wide and has an areal extent of ~20,000 square km. [1] [2] Location map of the Offshore Indus Basin, Pakistan
Realm: Biome: Ecoregion: Region: Indomalayan: Tropical and subtropical coniferous forests: Himalayan subtropical pine forests: West Himalaya [1] (Azad Kashmir, north Punjab, north Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
A hamun (or hamoun) (Persian: هامون hāmūn) refers to inland desert lakes or marshlands, formed as natural seasonal reservoirs in areas adjoining the Helmand basin, found across eastern Iran, southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. [1] They form a critical link in the wildlife of the area, aquatic as well as avian and terrestrial.
The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north.
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.