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Pakistan Stratigraphy

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Provinces & basins

Pakistan’s geological provinces on an interactive map. Tap a marker for its details and stratigraphic column, or browse the full basin index below.

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Base map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Province markers are at indicative locations, not surveyed coordinates.

Kohat-Potwar Basin (Upper Indus)
Salt Range 34
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Potwar Basin 36
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Kohat Basin 52
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Khyber-Hazara-Kashmir Basin (Uppermost Indus)
Hazara Basin 33
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Azad Kashmir 12
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Khyber–Nowshera Belt 23
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Swat–Malakand 16
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Sulaiman Basin (Middle Indus)
Sulaiman Fold Belt 27
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Kirthar Basin (Lower Indus)
Kirthar Range 21
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Sindh Province 18
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Chagai-Raskoh Magmatic Arc
Chagai Hills 7
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Makran-Siahan Basin (Arc-Trench Gap)
Makran Coast 11
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Kakar-Khurasan Basin (Back Arc)
Zhob-Muslim Bagh 11
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Western Indus Suture
Bela-Khuzdar 2
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Kohistan-Ladakh Magmatic Arc
Kohistan Arc 14
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Karakoram-Hindukush Basin (Laurasia)
Karakoram 49
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Hindukush-Chitral 13
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Himalayan Crystalline
Nanga Parbat Massif 4
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Indo-Pakistan Shield (Precambrian Craton)
Indo-Pakistan Shield 14
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