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Zalzala Koh (Urdu: زلزلہ کوہ, Earthquake Mountain) or Zalzala Jazeera (Urdu: زلزلہ جزیرہ, Earthquake Island) was a small island off the coast of the port city of Gwadar in Balochistan province of Pakistan which appeared on 24 September 2013 just hours after a powerful earthquake in Blochistan on that day.
While most of Pakistan is located on the Indian Plate, Koh-i-Sultan is situated on the Eurasian Plate. Koh-i-Sultan is a volcano in Balochistan, Pakistan.It is part of the tectonic belt formed by the collision of the Eurasian Plate and Indian Plate: specifically, a segment influenced by the subduction of the Arabian plate beneath the Asian plate and forming a volcanic arc which includes the ...
Lake Sampaloc is a volcanic crater lake in Laguna on the island of Luzon. It is the largest of the Seven Lakes of San Pablo. Nearly half of the lake's depth has a shallow depression at the bottom, indicating its volcanic origin. The lake is behind San Pablo city hall and is dotted with fishpens and small cottages built on stilts.
A kīpuka surrounded by lava flows at Kīlauea volcano, Hawai`i Green kīpukas surrounded by brown lava flows erupted from Iwate volcano, Japan. A kīpuka is an area of land surrounded by one or more younger lava flows. A kīpuka forms when lava flows on either side of a hill, ridge, or older lava dome as it moves downslope or spreads from its ...
As of 2023, Pakistan has 37 national parks (Urdu: پاکستان کے نیشنل پارک). [1] In 2012, 25 of these were under supervision of respective provincial governments and remaining were in private care. [2] Only some of these are under the conservation scope of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
A volcanic eruption is essentially the only natural way for short-lived – less than a few years – gases like sulfur dioxide and water vapor to make it into the stratosphere.
Situated in the province of Azerbaijan of northwestern Iran, the remains of the Takht-e Soleyman complex can be found upon a grassy plain, surrounded by a volcanic mountain region. [2] Meaning “the Throne of Solomon” in Persian, Sughurlukh in Turkish, translating to “a place abounding in marmots”, [3] Takht-e Soleyman was built in the ...
The Thal desert is a subtropical sandy region with severe climatic conditions that are prone to temperature extremes. [17] Approximately 50% of the region sees hyper-arid climatic conditions (annual rainfall less than 200mm) and the remaining half sees semi-arid climatic conditions (annual rainfall between 200mm and 500mm). [18]