Pakistan
PakistanA country in the north-west of the Indian sub-continent, bounded by Iran on the west, Afghanistan on the north-west, China on the north-east, and India on the east.
Physical.
The Hindu Kush, Karakoram, and Himalaya mountain ranges ring the north of Pakistan. Other ranges sweep down its western side to the Arabian Sea. Below them is the long, broad valley of the Indus. The North-West Frontier Province, containing the strategically important Khyber Pass, is very high. To the south is the plateau of the Punjab, watered by the tributaries of the Indus. Wheat is grown here. To the east is the Thar Desert. Between the Sind Desert, which covers part of the Indus delta, and Baluchistan in the western hills, there are large reserves of natural gas and some oil, which is also present in the Punjab.Economy.
Pakistan has a mainly agricultural economy, the most important exports being cotton, cotton fabrics, and rice....[The entire page is 791 words long]
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