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The topography of Pakistan is divided into seven geographic areas: the northern highlands, the Indus River plain, the desert areas, the Pothohar Plateau, Balochistan Plateau, Salt Range, and the Sistan Basin. All the rivers of Pakistan, i.e. Sindh, Ravi River, Chenab River, Jhelum River, and Sutlej River, originate from the Himalayas mountain ...
This is a list of rivers wholly or partly in Pakistan, organised geographically by river basin, from west to east. Tributaries are listed from the mouth to the source. The longest and the largest river in Pakistan is the Indus River. Around two-thirds of water supplied for irrigation and in homes come from the Indus and its associated rivers. [1]
Labelled mountain ranges of Pakistan on map, photograph by NASA. Pakistan is home to many mountains above 7,000 metres (22,970 ft). Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) referred as "eight-thousanders" are in Pakistan, four of which are near Concordia.
Nanga Parbat, the 9th highest in the world. Pakistan is home to 108 peaks above 7,000 metres and 4555 above 6,000 m. There is no count of the peaks above 5,000 and 4,000 m. Five of the 14 highest independent peaks in the world (the eight-thousanders) are in Pakistan (four of which lie in the surroundings of Concordia; the confluence of Baltoro Glacier and Godwin Austen Glaci
The catchment area of the Indus is estimated at almost 1 million square kilometres, and all of Pakistan's major rivers—the Kabul, Jhelum, and Chenab—flow into it. The Indus River basin is a large, fertile alluvial plain formed by silt from the Indus. This area has been inhabited by agricultural civilizations for at least 5,000 years.
Map of the major rivers, lakes, dams, barrages and reservoirs in Pakistan. This is a list of barrages and headworks in Pakistan. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Picture
List of valleys in Pakistan. A large part of Pakistan is within the broad Indus valley.. Bagrot Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan and the west face of Rakaposhi Neelum Valley in Azad Kashmir Kaghan Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Palas Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Urak Valley in Balochistan
It is situated in Koh e sufaid mountain ranges Babusar Pass connect Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to Gilgit Baltistan 4,173 m (13,691 ft); Bashkaro Pass 4,924 m (16,155 ft); Bolan Pass connects Sibi with Quetta 1,793.4 m (5,884 ft)