Another in my "Earth" series....this one is Pakistan

Thank you to: Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA for Pakistan

and to: for the use of march 24 purple look

Pakistan covers 340,403 square miles approximately equalling the combined land areas of France and the United Kingdom. Its eastern regions are located on the Indian tectonic plate and the western and northern regions on the Iranian plateau and Eurasian landplate. Apart from the 650 mile Arabian Sea coastline, Pakistan's land borders total 1,509 miles with Afghanistan to the northwest, 325 miles with China to the northeast, 1,809 miles with India to the east and 565 mi with Iran to the southwest.

Many different types of natural features range from the sandy beaches, lagoons, and mangrove swamps of the southern coast to preserved beautiful moist temperate forests and the icy peaks of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindu Kush mountains in the north. There are an estimated 108 peaks above 23,000 ft high that are covered in snow and glaciers. Five of the mountains in Pakistan (including Nanga Parbat) are over 26,000 ft.


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