List of mountain ranges of Pakistan explained

Pakistan is home to many mountains above 7000m (23,000feet). Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than 8000m (26,000feet) referred as "eight-thousanders" are in Pakistan, four of which are near Concordia.

Most of Pakistan's high peaks are located in the Karakoram range, the highest of which is K2 with a height of 8611m (28,251feet), the second-highest peak on earth. The highest peak of Himalayan range in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat (8126m (26,660feet)), which is the ninth-highest peak of the world.

Mountain Ranges

Following are the mountain ranges that are fully or partially included in Pakistan:

• Karakoram, including the world's second-highest peak, K2 (8611m (28,251feet))^[1]
• Himalayas

highest peak in Pakistan is Nanga Parbat (8126m (26,660feet))

• Hindu Kush

highest peak is Tirich Mir (7708m (25,289feet)).

• Hindu Raj in northern Pakistan, part of the eastern Hindu Kush, highest peak is Koyo Zom (6,872 m (22,546 ft)).
• Spīn Ghar, starting from Tora Bora on the border with eastern Afghanistan west of the Khyber Pass, highest peak is Mount Sikaram (4,755 m (15,600)) .
• Sulaiman Mountains

highest peak is Takht-e-Sulaiman (3487m (11,440feet)).

• Margalla Hills in Punjab whose highest peak is Tilla Charouni (1604m (5,262feet))
• Salt Range, a hill system in the Punjab Province that is abundant in salt; the highest peak in the range is Sakaser (1522m (4,993feet)).
• Toba Kakar, a southern offshoot of the Hindu Kush in Balochistan.
• Makran Range, a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan near the coast of the Arabian Sea. The narrow coastal plain rises very rapidly into several mountain ranges. Of its 1000km (1,000miles) extent, about 750km (470miles) is in Pakistan.
• Ras Koh Range
• Chagai Range
• Kirthar Range, located along the Balochistan and Sindh provincial border. It runs north-south for about 300km (200miles) from the Mula River in east-central Balochistan south to Cape Muari (Cape Monze) west of Karachi on the Arabian Sea. The Hill Station of Sindh at Gorakh, in Kirthar Mountains Range, off Dadu, at the height of 5688feet, averaging 5500feet, is one of the two large plateaus in the Sindh segment of Kirthar mountains.
• Kirana Hills, The Kirana Hills is a small and extensive rocky mountain range located in Chiniot and Rabwah, Pakistan. Kirana-I nuclear tests were conducted in these hills.

See also

• List of glaciers in Pakistan
• List of mountains in Pakistan
• List of mountain passes in Pakistan

Notes and References

1. BBC, Planet Earth, "Mountains", Part Three