Balochistan Plateau

E629103
geographical region plateau

The Balochistan Plateau is a vast arid highland region in southwestern Pakistan characterized by rugged mountains, sparse vegetation, and a harsh desert climate.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Balochistan Plateau canonical 6
Balochistan desert region 1
Baluchistan highlands and adjacent plains 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
plateau ⓘ
borderedBy Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arabian Sea coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
Indus Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirthar Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sulaiman Range NERFINISHED ⓘ
climateCharacteristic frequent droughts ⓘ
high temperature extremes ⓘ
low rainfall ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
countrySubdivision Balochistan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantLandUse dryland agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
drainagePattern ephemeral rivers ⓘ
internal drainage ⓘ
elevationType high plateau ⓘ
geology igneous intrusions ⓘ
limestone ⓘ
sandstone ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasClimate arid ⓘ
desert climate ⓘ
hasFeature intermontane basins ⓘ
rocky deserts ⓘ
hasPass Bolan Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Khojak Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRiver Bolan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loralai River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVegetation sparse vegetation ⓘ
inhabitedBy Baloch people NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pashtun people NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Balochistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
naturalResource chromite ⓘ
coal ⓘ
copper ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
other minerals ⓘ
partOf Balochistan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iranian Plateau NERFINISHED ⓘ
strategicImportance connects Pakistan with Iran and Afghanistan ⓘ
terrain highland ⓘ
rugged mountains ⓘ
vegetationType desert scrub ⓘ
scattered grasses ⓘ
thorny bushes ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chaman → locatedInGeographicalFeature → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
Saindak area → partOf → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
western Pakistan → hasPlateau → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Pakistan
Quetta Valley → partOf → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Balochistan highlands
Quetta Valley → partOf → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sulaiman–Kirthar geological region
Nok Kundi → locatedInRegion → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
Nushki District → locatedInDesert → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Balochistan desert region
Nushki → locatedInGeographicRegion → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
Chagai Desert → partOf → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
Early Harappan phase of the Indus Valley Civilization → hasCoreArea → Balochistan Plateau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Baluchistan highlands and adjacent plains