Mountain Range | MCQs

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Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

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Explanation

Batura Glacier is the Pakistan 2nd largest Glacier of Pakistna

Batura Glacier length 64.5 kilometers long,

Location: Gojal region of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan

Batura glacier is present in Karakoram mountain ranges.

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ND16-1-2023

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  The length of Siachen Glacier is 76km.

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Kalat or Qalāt historically known as Qiqan

Qalat is a district in Balochistan

They are predominantly Brahui-speaking

They join Pakistan on 27 March 1948

it is known locally as Kalat-e-Brahui and Kalat-e-Sewa

It is known for Juniper old trees, the Moro Rive

ND21-2-2023

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The Karakoram Range in northern Pakistan is home to the highest number of summits.

List of 8000 + mountains in Pakistan

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The Hindu Kush range is located in the west of Pakistan.

It stretches across Afghanistan and into Pakistan's northern regions.

Himalayas: Located in the northeast of Pakistan, running along the border with India and China.

Karakoram: Situated in the northern part of Pakistan, intersecting with the border regions of China and India.

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Murree is a mountain resort town, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Rawalpindi District of Punjab, Pakistan.

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 The name Murree is derived from 'marhi' "high place" although there is a popular belief it was named after the virgin Mary during the British times.

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The Himalaya mountains extend for about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles), separating the Indian subcontinent from the rest of Asia

The Himalayas separate the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau.

Elevation: 8,849 m

Area: 595,000 km²

Highest point: Mount Everest

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