Mountainous Areas of Pakistan
Pakistan is Heaven for tourist in the world and attracts nature lovers due to its unique natural combination of beautiful mountains, lakes, valleys and landscapes.
Mountain Ranges
The northern, north western and western sides of Pakistan is consisted on several mountainous ranges like- Himalays
- Karakoram
- Hindukush
- Kirthar
- Salt Range
- Sulaiman Mountains
Peaks
The Earth's crust is elevated on many portions is called mountain, generally steep sides are significant exposure of bedrock. A mountain is bit different from a plateau area with a limited summit area in it, and is higher than a hill, typically rising at least 300 metres above the sea level.
Many peaks are more than 7000m high, adventurers, mountaineers, climbers and trekkers around the world visit Pakistan.
The ranges included many highest peaks like
- K-2 (Godwin Austin) Chogosi
- Nanga Parbat
- Tirich Mir
- Rakaposhi
- Spin Ghar
- Sikaram
- Takht e Suleiman
- Sakoser
Lakes
A lake is a natural container of water surrounded by land. Lakes can be found in continent, environment, mountains, plateau and deserts, on plains, and near seashores. Lakes can vary greatly in size. Besides highest peaks northern areas of Pakistan are blessed with many beautiful natural lakes like
- Saif Ul Malook
- Ansoo Lake
- Attabad Lake
- Ratti Gali Lake
- Satpara Lake
- Chitta Katha lake
- Hanna Lake
- Banjosa Lake
- Mahodand Lake
- Karambar Lake
Valleys
Earth's surface also contains elongate depressions which are called Valleys. Valleys are normally is a mix of water drains, flat plains and areas between the hills. Rift Valleys are produced by tectonic action. The term Gorges are Very narrow, deep valleys of similar appearance. Northern areas of Pakistan are also known for its beautiful valleys like
- Hunza
- Chitral
- Dir
- Swat
- and many more
Chitral Valley
Chitral valley is also famous in the world for Kalash People due to their unique culture, custom, norms and dresses. There are many stories about their arrival in Chitral one of them is that they are descendent from the Army of Alexander the great.
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