Western Mountains Flashcards
Location of safed koh
South of Kabul river
In kpk
Border with Afghanistan
Location of waziristan hills
South of safed koh upto gomal river
In kpk
Border with Afghanistan
Location of sulaiman kirthar
Balochistan
West of indus
Trend of safed koh
East to west
Trend of waziristan hills
North to south
Trend of sulaiman kirthar
North to south
Average height of safed koh
3600 m
Average height of waziristan
1500-3000 m
Average height of sulaiman kirthar
Sulaiman: 3440 m
Kirthar: 2174 m
Passes in safed koh
Khyber
Khurram
Passes in waziristan
Tochi
Gomal
Passes in sulaiman kirthar
Bolan in sulaiman
Highest peak of safed koh
Sikeram
Highest peak of sulaiman kirthar
Takht e sulaiman
Drainage of safed koh
Kurram river
Kabul river
Swat river
Drainage of waziristan
Gomal river
Tochi river
Kurram river
Drainage of sulaiman kirthar
Sulaiman: seasonal streams
Kirthar: hab and lyari
Peaks of safed koh
Snow capped
Rounded
Pyramidal
Peaks of waziristan
Roundish
Peaks of sulaiman kirthar
Bare, steep, sharp ridges
Deep narrow valleys
Valleys of safed koh
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)
Valleys of waziristan
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
Economic activities and life
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
Topography
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
