natural resources in pakistan

Pakistan

Our Country Pakistan

Dream Of A Great Thinker

Allama Iqbal

Founded by a great man

Quaid-e-azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

He gave us three dictums

• Unity • Faith • Discipline

•Located in South East Asia.

•Created on August 14, 1947.

•Area covering 796,095 km2.

•Population exceeding 180 million people.•Official language is Urdu

•Capital Islamabad

Education• More than 132 universities

• Higher education system includes the public, private, military and vocational universities

Sports

•National Game - Hockey

• Most Popular Game - Cricket

Food • Pakistani food is known to its richness

and flavour.• It has been partly influenced by Arab,

Persians, and Indians cuisine, it retains its own distinct Pakistani flavour.

Music•There are more than six hundred pakistani musical instruments.

•The most well known are:

• Sitar

• Tabla

• Bansari

• Dhool

• Rabab

Minerals• Pakistan is home to many verieties of

minerals.• Some of them are

• Copper

• Gold

• Silver

• Platinum

• Chromites

• Iron

• Lead

• Zinc

SALT MINES• Pakistan’s largest and oldest and world second largest salt

mine is in Khewra, Punjab.

• The Khewra Salt Mine is also known as Mayo Salt Mine, in honour of Lord Mayo, who visited it as Viceroy of India.

• The salt reserves at Khewra were discovered when Alexander the Great crossed the Jhelum and Mianwali region during his Indian campaign. The mine was discovered, however, not by Alexander, nor by his allies, but by his army's horses, when they were found licking the stones.

Salt Mine at Khewra

Mosque at Khewra Salt Mine

Reflection in Salty Water

Copy of Minar-e-Pakistan Made of Rock Salt

Crystal Valley, a tunnel with crystals in the wall and roof, illuminated by colorful lights

Coal Mines• Pakistan has world 5th largest coal

reserves.• It is also named as BLACK GOLD.• Found in huge quantities in Thar, Quetta,

Makarwal, Harnai, Chamalong.

Main entrance of a mine located on the Quetta-Sibi highway.

Coal Mine at Balochistan

These trolleys were powered by small motors and are used to bring out coal sacks from

inside the mine

Inside the mine: The lift system which takes coal and miners up and down between the mine and the

surface.

A tired miner sits on a coal sack, waiting for the supervisor to ring the bell so that he can go up.

COPPER and Gold Mine• In Reko Diq, Baluchistan deposits of copper and gold are

present. It is world 7th largest mine.

• Copper and gold are some highly precious metals. They are used for making ornaments, utensils and decorative articles.

• Copper is used in electrical equipment, power and communication transmission lines.

Gold mine

Gold and Copper Mine

Trolly in a Copper Mine

Copper melt in a foundry

Dam• Total dams and reservoirs in Pakistan over the height

of 15 m (49 ft) are 143.

• Tarbela Dam is the largest earth filled dam in the world and is second largest by the structural volume.

• Tarbela, Rawal, Mangla, Khanpur are some dams of Pakistan.

Tarbela Dam

Rawal Dam

Mangla Dam

Khanpur Dam

Rivers• Pakistan’s river system consists of more than 60 small

and large rivers.

• Jhelum River, Chenab River, Ravi River, Sutlej River, Kabul River etc are some main rivers of Pakistan.

• Indus River, with an overall length of around 3200 KM

and total estimated annual flow of 207 billion cubic meters, is Pakistan’s longest and largest river.

River Indus

Jhelum River

Ravi River

Kunhar river