Kacchi Plain
Kacchi Plain or Kachhi Plain is located in southern Balochistan Province of southwestern Pakistan.[1]
History
Kacchi, located in the plain, was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state that joined Pakistan in 1947.[2]
Geography
Plain
The Kacchi Plain is an arid and vast plain with mountain ranges, located in:
- the Kachhi District and Lasbela District
- the southern part of Sibi District, extending into the Nasirabad Division
- the southern part of Dera Bugti District
- The narrow Makran plain area along the Arabian Sea coast, stretching from the Kachhi District west to the Gwadar District and border with Iran.
Mountain ranges
There are three main mountain ranges in Balochistan:
- the Makran Coastal Range (up to about 1,500 metres (4,900 ft));
- the Central Makran Range (2,000–3,000 metres (6,600–9,800 ft));
- the Siahan Range (1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft)).
Archaeology
Mehrgarh is one of the most important neolithic sites (7000 BCE to c. 2500 BCE) in archaeology and is located in Kacchi Plain.
See also
- Geography of Balochistan, Pakistan
- Makran
References
External links
See also
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