potwar plateau and salt range

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The natural topography : 

The natural topography Potwar plateau and salt range

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Contents Location Important features Important places and heights Economic activity Lifestyle

Location : 

Location Potwar plateau and Salt range is located to the south of Islamabad between River Indus and River Jhelum.

Important features : 

Important features It is open undulating land with extensive flat areas. Residuals hills are found over here. A large part of plateau is dissected and eroded by the action of running water.

Minerals : 

Minerals The Potwar plateau is rich in minerals like gypsum, limestone rock salt coal and oil. The salt range is rich in minerals like rock salt ,gypsum and limestone. It is termed as badland topography. It has landscape of ridges and troughs. It forms gullies and large alluvium plains.

Important placesand heights : 

Important placesand heights The height of the plateau mainly varies from 300-600 meter high above sea level. Kala chitta and Khairi murat just rise to just over 1000 meters. River soan is the most dominant feature in this area. The salt range cover Jhelum ,kalabagh ,chakwal and mianwali.

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Salt mines in khewra, a small town about 160 km from Islamabad is located in this region. Salt parallel ranges rises to an hieght of 750-900. Sakesar the highest point in slat range is 1527 meters. While Kallar kahar and Kahbeki add scenic beauties

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY : 

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY It is rich in non metallic minerals such as marble , rock salt , clay and dolomite. It provides raw material to cement, chemical and ceramic industries. A number of oil and gas fields are found in this region. Attock oil refinery had been set up to refine oil (from the oil fields.)

Lifestyle : 

Lifestyle Farming depends on rainfall. Canal irrigation is not possible because of rugged landscape. Wheat , maize , barely and gram are cultivated. It is accessible by roads, railways and air transport. Jhelum , chakwal and Islamabad have been developed encouraging a high population density.

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BY HIRA ANNEQA ZUNAIRA BEENISH MAHRUKH SEEMI SHEREEN