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Kacchi Plain

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Kacchi Plain or Kachhi Plain is located in southern Balochistan Province of southwestern Pakistan.

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History

Kacchi, located in the plain, was an administrative division of the Khanate of Kalat, a princely state that joined Pakistan in 1947.

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.

    References

    Kacchi Plain Wikipedia
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