Pakistan - The Land of Adventure and Nature :: science

Pakistan - The Land of Adventure and NatureFrom the mighty stretches of the Karakorams in the sum to the vast whollyuvial delta of the Indus River in the South, Pakistan remains a land of proud adventure and nature. Trekking, mountaineering, white water rafting, wild boar hunting, mountain and leave jeep safaris, camel and yak safaris, trout fishing and bird watching, are a few activities, which entice the adventure and nature lovers to Pakistan.Pakistan is endowed with a rich and wide-ranging flora and fauna. High Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindukush ranges with their alpine meadows and permanent snow line, coniferous forests rout the sub-mountain scrub, the vast Indus plain merging into the great desert, the coast line and wetlands, all offer a remarkably rich variety of vegetation and associated wildlife including avifauna, both(prenominal) endemic and migratory. Ten of 18 mammalian orders are represented in Pakistan with species ranging from the worlds smallest surviving mammals, the Mediterranean Pigmy Shrew, to the largest mammal ever known the somber whale.Situated in the heart of the South Asian sub-continent, it is a unpolished with its own fascinating accounting and cultural heritage. Pakistan was the site for one of the worlds earliest human settlements, the great prehistoric Indus Valley Civilization, the crucible of ancient empires, religions and cultures. Pakistan traces its history back to 2,500 years B.C. when a highly developed civilization flourished in the Indus Valley. Excavations at Harappa, Moenjodaro, Kot Diji and Mehr Garh have brought to light, the evidence of an advanced civilization existing steady in more ancient times.The landscape of Pakistan ranges from lofty mountains in the north, the Karakoram and the Himalayas, by dissected plateaus to the rich alluvial plains of the Punjab. Then follows desolate barrenness of Balochistan and the white dry deserts of Sindh blending into miles and miles of golden beaches of Mekra n coast.Pakistan is situated between parallel of latitude 24 and 37 degrees North and longitude 62 and 75 degrees East. The country borders Iran on the watt, India on the East, Afghanistan in the North-West, China in the North and the Arabian sea in the South. The great mountain ranges of the Himalayas, the Karakoram and the Hindukush form Pakistans northern highlands of North West Frontier Province and the Northern Area Punjab province is a flat, alluvial plain with five major rivers dominating the upper region finally joining the Indus River flowing south to the Arabian Sea Sindh is bounded on the east by the Thar Desert and the Rann of Kutch and on the west by the Kirthar range the Balochistan Plateau is an arid tableland, encircled by dry mountains.