PAKISTAN, a country of subcontinent

Published October 15, 2010 | By Bman

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Afghanistan, on the northeast by China, on the east and southeast by India, and on the south by the Arabian Sea. A panhandle of Afghanistan territory in the northwest, the Wakhan Corridor, separates Pakistan and Tajikistan. The area of Pakistan is 796,095 sq km (307,374 sq mi), not including the section of Jammu and Kashm?r under its control. Jammu and Kashm?r is a disputed territory located between Pakistan and India. Pakistan controls a portion of the territory as Azad (Free) Kashm?r and the Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA), while India controls a portion as the state of Jammu and Kashm?r.

A Natural Regions

Pakistan has great extremes of elevation, reaching the highest point at the Himalayan peak of K2 (also known as Mount Godwin Austen) in the north and the lowest point at the Arabian Sea coast in the south. The Indus River flows the length of

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