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1. Allah has created
plants, trees, minerals and water for human beings as well as animals. They are
called natural
resources.
2. The upper layer of the earth which is composed of different thin rock
particles is helpful in the growth
of vegetation and plants that is called soil.
3. Solid particles air and water are the basic
components of soil.
4. Those materials which are transported from one place to another by rivers
and deposited at other places are called Alluvium
soil.
5. Wind transports the material from one place to another which is deposited
over the surface that is called Aeolian
soil.
6. The Indus plain is made with the deposition of Alluvium by the
Indus River and its tributes.
7. Bangar
soils cover a vast area of the Indus Plain.
8. Indus Delta
soils extend from Hyderabad to the South Coastal area.
9. Rice is cultivated in the major part of Indus Delta soils.
10. 1/3 of the total energy requirements of Pakistan are fulfilled by forests.
11. It is important for balanced economy of a country to have forests on about 25% of area.
12. There are evergreen forests in northern
and north-western
parts of Pakistan.
13. Northern and north-western parts of Pakistan receive more rainfall due to
evergreen forests.
14. Hardwood for the making of furniture
is available from evergreen forests.
15. The dry hill forests are found at altitude of about 900 to 3000 meters in
Quetta and kalat division of Baluchistan.
16. Mangrove forests are found along the coastline
from Karachi to Kutch.
17. Forests provide wood as fuel in place of coal.
18. Rivers carry huge amount of sand and silt that fill our dams and lakes.
19. Forests make 3.6%
of the total area of Pakistan.
20. The mineral development corporation was established in 1975.
21. Iron ore, Chromites and Copper are the Metallic Minerals.
22. Rock Salt, Limestone, Gypsum, Marble and Sulphure are the Non-Metallic
marbles.
23. China Clay and Fire Clay are the Non-Metallic
marbles.
24. Gemstone is a Non-Metallic
marbles.
25. Coal Natural Gas and Crude Oil are the Power Resources minerals.
26. The biggest mine of
coal is Salt Range in Punjab.
27. The oil obtained from Attock, Jhelum and Chakwal districts is refined in
Morgah Refinery
near Rawalpindi.
28. The reservoirs of natural
gas are in Sui, Uch, Zin, Kherpur, Muzrani, Hindi, Kundkot,
Sarung, Dhodak, Peerkoh and Dhullian.
29. Pakistan set up a Steel
Mill in Karachi with the cooperation of Russia.
30. The biggest reservoir of iron is found in Kala Bagh.
31. Chromite
is a white metal which is used to make iron.
32. The biggest mine of rock salt is found at Khewra.
33. Limestone
is very useful raw material for cement industry.
34. Gypsum
is a bright stone of white colour.
35. In Khyber Agency at Mullah Gori, the best kind of Marble is found.
36. Angora (District Swat) and Tharparkar (Sindh) are known for China Clays.
37. Fire Clay
is used in kilns of bricks.
38. 25%
area of total area of Pakistan is cultivated.
39. Wheat, Sugarcane, maize and rice are major food crops.
40. 55%
of peoples are working in the field of Agriculture.
41. 70%
cultivated area of the country is under irrigation system.
42. The artificial way of watering the crops is called Irrigation.
43. Pakistan is irrigated
by five rivers which are Rave, Stale, Helium, China and Indus.
44. Karez
system of irrigation is used in Balochistan.
45. River Indus, Jhelum and Chenab are the main sources of water for Pakistan.
46. Upper Ban Doab and Lower Ban Doab are two important canals of river Ravi.
47. The upper Chenab and lower Chenab irrigate the area of Rachna Doab.
48. Upper Jhelum and lower Jhelum irrigates the area of Chaj Doab.
49. The Peshawar area is irrigated by the canal from Swat River.
50. Hydroelectricity and thermal electricity are important Power Resources.
51. The Ghazi Barotha project in river Indus is used for Hydroelectricity.
52. This Tarbela Dam dam is situated on Indus
River.
53. The Tarbela
is one of the biggest Dams of the world.
54. The Mangla
Dam is located on Jhelum River.
55. Pakistan has operated Atomic Blasts in Chagi in Balochistan on 28 May 1998.
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