By :Sohail Ahmed

NATURAL RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN

NATURAL RESOURCES

Soil

Mountains

Rivers and Canals

Forests

Animals

Minerals

The resources gifted by the nature to the country and the people are called National

Resources.

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SOIL • Fertile Plains and deserts are important part

of natural resources.

• More fertile plain a country has means more Agricultural department.

• Allah has gifted many fertile plains to Pakistan.

• Pakistan Can Cultivate a number of different foods.

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MOUNTAINS • Mountains are the gift of the nature.

• They protect from the cool winds

• Mountains are rich in minerals.

• Mountain provide water to our rivers.

• Mountains of Pakistan are rich in minerals especially the Western Mountain Ranges.

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RIVERS AND CANALS • The underground water, rivers and oceans are

natural resources

• The river system of Pakistan is consisted of Indus and other associated rivers.

• We use water for drinking purposes and store the water of the rivers and use it for different purposes like irrigation, for hydroelectricity etc.

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FORESTS

• They are helpful in improvement of weather

• Protect against windstorms

• Help in slow melting of snow to stop floods.

• Much More to explain

• Normally 25 percent area of a country should be covered with forest. But in Pakistan it is only 4 to 5 percent.

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ANIMALS • Animals provide milk, meat, hide and skins,

wool etc.

• They are also used for agriculture and transportation.

• They are a source of foreign exchange.

• Pakistan is Gifted by Nature a lot of Different types of Animals

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MINERAL RESOURCES

The term Mineral Resource is used to refer to any of a class of naturally occurring solid inorganic substances with a characteristic crystalline form and a homogeneous chemical composition.

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MINERALS OF PAKISTAN

In Pakistan there is wide scale availability of mineral resources, but these resources remained unexploited for years. It is due to lack of technical skill, finance and technology .

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IMPORTANT MINERALS OF PAKISTAN

• Coal

• Natural Gas

• Iron ore

• Chromite

• Gypsum

• Sulphur

• Oil

• Uranium

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COAL • The annual coal production of Pakistan is 3.2

million tones.

• Coal is used in power generation. It is basically used as fuel.

• It is mostly found in Sindh (Thatta, Tharparkar, Manara) Balochistan (Deegari, Maach), Punjab

(Makarwal, Dandot),NWFP (Cherat and Noshera).

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NATURAL GAS • It is itself a source of energy and fuel.

• Used as a source of power generation.

• It is found in Sui, Mari, Uch, Khairpur, Jacobabad etc.

• Now some new discoveries are also found.

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IRON ORE

• Iron Ore is used for industry, especially steel industry.

• Its deposits are found in Chitral, Chaghai, Kohat, Kurram Agency, Mardan, Hazara, Mianwali (Kalabagh) and DG Khan.

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CHROMITE • Chromite is used in preparing other metals,

leather tanning, making of steel products, armament and stainless steel.

• Found in Zoab (Muslim Bagh), Chaghai, Malakand, Mahmand, Waziristan, Fort Sandaman etc.

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GYPSUM • Gypsum is used for plaster of Paris, Paints

and Cement.

• It is found in Jhelum, Mianwali, DG Khan, Kohat and Loralai.

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SULPHUR

• Sulphur is used by chemical industry.

• Its deposits are found in Kalat, Khairpur, Mardan, and Jacobabad etc.

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OIL

• It is a major source of energy.

• It is mostly imported from Iran and Gulf states.

• Now some valuable reserves are found in Jhelum, Mianwali, Attock, Balkasar, Mial, Chakwal, and Dhodak.

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URANIUM

• It is the basic element for atomic power, indispensable for the defence.

• Its deposits are in DG Khan, Hazara and Kohat.

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Pakistan is blessed with considerable mineral resources. Some of them are explored but much remains to be done for the search for more

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