Western Mountains

Question 1

Location of safed koh

Answer 1

South of Kabul river
In kpk
Border with Afghanistan

Question 2

Location of waziristan hills

Answer 2

South of safed koh upto gomal river
In kpk
Border with Afghanistan

Question 3

Location of sulaiman kirthar

Answer 3

Balochistan

West of indus

Question 4

Trend of safed koh

Answer 4

East to west

Question 5

Trend of waziristan hills

Answer 5

North to south

Question 6

Trend of sulaiman kirthar

Answer 6

North to south

Question 7

Average height of safed koh

Answer 7

3600 m

Question 8

Average height of waziristan

Answer 8

1500-3000 m

Question 9

Average height of sulaiman kirthar

Answer 9

Sulaiman: 3440 m
Kirthar: 2174 m

Question 10

Passes in safed koh

Answer 10

Khyber

Khurram

Question 11

Passes in waziristan

Answer 11

Tochi

Gomal

Question 12

Passes in sulaiman kirthar

Answer 12

Bolan in sulaiman

Question 13

Highest peak of safed koh

Answer 13

Sikeram

Question 14

Highest peak of sulaiman kirthar

Answer 14

Takht e sulaiman

Question 15

Drainage of safed koh

Answer 15

Kurram river
Kabul river
Swat river

Question 16

Drainage of waziristan

Answer 16

Gomal river
Tochi river
Kurram river

Question 17

Drainage of sulaiman kirthar

Answer 17

Sulaiman: seasonal streams
Kirthar: hab and lyari

Question 18

Peaks of safed koh

Answer 18

Snow capped
Rounded
Pyramidal

Question 19

Peaks of waziristan

Answer 19

Roundish

Question 20

Peaks of sulaiman kirthar

Answer 20

Bare, steep, sharp ridges

Deep narrow valleys

Question 21

Valleys of safed koh

Answer 21

Peshawar: intermontane valley
Over 300 m above sea level
Deep alluvial and gravel on foothills, very fertile
Drained by Kabul (canals of Warsak dam) and swat
Kohat: intermontane valley
460 m above sea level
Valley floor covered in silt, clay, gravel
Limestone ridges, springs
Drained by kohat river and springs
Arable farming (bigger area, mainly wheat, rice, sugar cane)

Question 22

Valleys of waziristan

Answer 22

Bannu: intermontane valley east of waziristan
Bannu near tochi pass and Dera ismail khan near gomal pass - important military towns
150 meters in length
Valley floor has clay and boulders
Drained by river tochi and seasonal streams
Kurram dam on river Kurram for irrigation
Low lying basin bordered with hills

Question 23

Economic activities and life

Answer 23

Climate and vegetation doesn’t support farming
Canal irrigation not possible because of rugged terrain
Few transport facilities
Unmetalled roads
Bad landscape so supplying infrastructure, water supply, transport, electricity and telephone lines is more expensive
Development hasn’t been established
Nomadic life
Sheep and goat rearing
A lot of potential through mineral resources but haven’t been explored much

Question 24

Topography

Answer 24

Not as high as northern mountains, parallel ranges, difficult terrain, intermontane valleys, high passes, limestone ridges, mineralised, mostly bare vegetation
Safed koh: peaks covered in snow
Limestone ridges in kohat, springs, Peshawar is fertile
Waziristan: mineralised, devoid of vegetation
Sulaiman kirthar: limestone and sandstone
Bare of vegetation