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AREA III.
PANJAB TO (HJJRAT.
Meridional from north to south: Atak via Mithankot to Din.
With reference to its general hypsometric character, this area may be divided
into two parts, the one to the west, and the other to the east of the Indus. West-
ward of the Indus we meet a complicated chain of mountains — the Sufed Koh, a
continuation of the Soliman range—which runs nearly parallel to the course of the
Indus. Its highest peak, the Sufed Koh, in Lat. 1ST. 33° 58M, Long. E. Gr. 70° 27'-9,
attains a height of 14,839 feet.
A great number of interesting points in the eastern parts of the Soliman range
were determined by Lieutenant Walker (see p. 6), and by Adolphe.
The most remarkable feature east of the Indus are the d%iabs1 formed by the
various affluents of the Indus. They have so uniform a slope, that comparatively few
heights are sufficient to define the general inclination of their course. Greater
elevations are to be found only in the Salt Range, for which, in addition to our own
observations, we have a considerable number of approximations by Dr. Fleming
(see p. 5).
Sindh, the southern part of the area, is to some extent included in the delta of
the Indus, and even the higher parts more to the north, are elevated but very little
above the level of the sea.
Kach is a hilly country, separated from Gujrat by the Ran, or salt-moor, in
connection with the gulf of Kach. The remarkable depressions of the Ran, which
have been caused by earthquakes, partly in historical times, present a flat surface, for
the most' part dry in summer, but covered with brackish water after the rains and
spring-tides.
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PANJAB TO (HJJRAT.
Meridional from north to south: Atak via Mithankot to Din.
With reference to its general hypsometric character, this area may be divided
into two parts, the one to the west, and the other to the east of the Indus. West-
ward of the Indus we meet a complicated chain of mountains — the Sufed Koh, a
continuation of the Soliman range—which runs nearly parallel to the course of the
Indus. Its highest peak, the Sufed Koh, in Lat. 1ST. 33° 58M, Long. E. Gr. 70° 27'-9,
attains a height of 14,839 feet.
A great number of interesting points in the eastern parts of the Soliman range
were determined by Lieutenant Walker (see p. 6), and by Adolphe.
The most remarkable feature east of the Indus are the d%iabs1 formed by the
various affluents of the Indus. They have so uniform a slope, that comparatively few
heights are sufficient to define the general inclination of their course. Greater
elevations are to be found only in the Salt Range, for which, in addition to our own
observations, we have a considerable number of approximations by Dr. Fleming
(see p. 5).
Sindh, the southern part of the area, is to some extent included in the delta of
the Indus, and even the higher parts more to the north, are elevated but very little
above the level of the sea.
Kach is a hilly country, separated from Gujrat by the Ran, or salt-moor, in
connection with the gulf of Kach. The remarkable depressions of the Ran, which
have been caused by earthquakes, partly in historical times, present a flat surface, for
the most' part dry in summer, but covered with brackish water after the rains and
spring-tides.
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