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Pakistan Geography - 1991 https://theodora.com/wfb1991/pakistan/pakistan_geography.html SOURCE: 1991 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK Total area: 803,940 km2
Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of California Land boundaries: 6,774 km total
Coastline: 1,046 km Maritime claims:
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Disputes: boundary with India; Pashtun question with Afghanistan; Baloch question with Afghanistan and Iran; water sharing problems with upstream riparian India over the Indus Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west Natural resources: land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited crude oil, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone Land use: arable land 26%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures 6%; forest and woodland 4%; other 64%; includes irrigated 19% Environment: frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August); deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water logging Note: controls Khyber Pass and Malakand Pass, traditional
invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan Geography 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan Geography 1991 should be addressed to the CIA. |