Mountain Ranges | MCQs

Explanation

Karakoram Range is a mountain range located between China and Pakistan.

The highest Peak of the Karakoram range is K2 (8611).

The Karakorams cover parts of:

• Afghanistan,
• China,
• India,
• Pakistan,
•  Tajikistan

A Karakoram peak called K2 is the second-highest mountain in the world

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The road connecting Pakistan and China is called Karakoram Highway

Explanation

• Nanga Parbat is also locally known as Diamer.
• It is part of the Western Himalayas in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
• The peak, meaning "Naked Mountain," stands at 8,126 m (26,660 ft).
• It is the 9th highest mountain globally.
• It is also called the "Killer Mountain."
• Nanga Parbat was first ascended on July 3, 1953.
• Shehroze Kashif recently became the youngest Pakistani to summit it.

Explanation

The Siachen Glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range.

where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends.

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Siachen is glacier.

Siachen Glacier length is 76KM or 72.4km

the height of Siachin Glacier is 20,000 feet

Siachen Glacier is Pakistan largest Glacier

Siachen Glacier is world 2nd largest Glacier

meaning of Siachen Glacier is Abundance of roses.گلاب کی کثرت۔

Explanation

• Shandur Pass it connects Gupis, Gilgit with Chitral

• The height of this pass is 3738 m above sea level

• It is often referred to as 'The Roof of the World

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  Every year there is a Polo match played on Shandur Top between a team from Chitral and a team from Gilgit.
• Shandur Top is one of the four major mountain passes to enter Chitral.
• The people who live on both sides of Shandur Top speak the Khowar language.

Explanation

The Margalla Hills are part of the Himalayan foothills. 

The Margalla Hills is a hill range located north of Islamabad and south of Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

The Margalla Hills within the Margalla Hills National Park 

The Margalla range has an area of 12,605 hectares.

The highest peak of Margalla Hills is Tilla Charouni

Elevation: 1,604 m (5,262 ft)

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related question

Which country's capital is situated near the Margalla Hills?
Margalla Hills in and around Islamabad is a branch of the?

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Explanation

The Tibetan Plateau (Pamir Plateau) is known as the Roof of the World.

It's also the thickest crust in the world, between 70 and 90 kilometers.

The plateau is the world's largest and highest.

Its average elevation is more than 4,500 meters (14,764 feet).

Additional information 

The Shandur Pass in Pakistan is also sometimes called "the roof of the world".

Explanation

Sub-Himalayas are also known as Siwalik or Outer Himalayas.

Sub-Himalayan range of the northern Indian subcontinent.

Their average height varies between 600 and 1200 meters,

 The range spans the modern-day countries of :

1. Pakistan,
2. India,
3. Nepal,
4. and Bhutan.

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Explanation

• The Hindu Kush is a vast mountain range that stretches between central Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan.
• The Hindu Kush is 800 kilometers (500 miles) long and covers an area of roughly 152,800 square kilometers (59,000 square meters).
  

Explanation

K2 is the highest point in Pakistan. 

and second-highest mountain on Earth.

K-2 is Also Known As Godwin Austin

K2 mountain was first measured by Godwin Austen in 1856.

Godwin Austen was an English topographer (surveyor) 

'K' standing for Karakoram.

Mount K2 is part of the Karakorum Range located on the border of Pakistan and China.

K2 height 8,611 meters

It is located on the China–Pakistan border between Baltistan in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan.

Explanation

The Tibetan Plateau is known as "the roof of the world" as it's the highest and largest plateau on Earth

 Deosai plateau is the second highest plateau in the world located in GB, Pakistan,