Khuzdar, Balochistan

[Indischer]

does forestation increase the amount of rain?

I think not. It is usually an indicator that large trees get enough water from rains and enough nourishment from the soil. If either of these two is deficient, forests are unlikely to grow.

But forest covers help in preventing soil erosion and also help percolate the rainfall better, increasing the ground-water table.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

@Indischer Sibbi is probably the most dry city of Baluchistan and probably the hottest in Pakistan... its like an oven during summers.


Also cities like Zhob,Pishin,Ziarat,Quetta receive quiet a lot of rain... while cities like Panjgur,Turbat etc not so much.. but they produce the best dates in the whole world..

 

[Indischer]

Oman is about a hour or so by boat from gwadar...

Yeah, and wasn't Gwadar itself a part of Oman till the 50s? The coastline of Oman and Mehran also look similar in many pics!

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Yeah, and wasn't Gwadar itself a part of Oman till the 50s? The coastline of Oman and Mehran also look similar in many pics!

Yes it was... and Zaidan in Iran was part of Pakistan...

 

[MohitV]

Oman is about a hour or so by boat from gwadar...

that close from gulf countries........damn gwadar's position can bring a boom in pakistani economy

 

[W.11]

I think not. It is usually an indicator that large trees get enough water from rains and enough nourishment from the soil. If either of these two is deficient, forests are unlikely to grow.

But forest covers help in preventing soil erosion and also help percolate the rainfall better, increasing the ground-water table.

hmm, i think forestation is relatively easy in mountainous places because i think that they rocky/mountainous terrain store relatively higher amounts of underground water

 

[Indischer]

@Indischer Sibbi is probably the most dry city of Baluchistan and probably the hottest in Pakistan... its like an oven during summers.


Also cities like Zhob,Pishin,Ziarat,Quetta receive quiet a lot of rain... while cities like Panjgur,Turbat etc not so much.. but they produce the best dates in the whole world..

I also found another interesting thing. The name Quetta means Forttress. And the root word is actually cognate with Dravidian words for Fort( 'Kote' in Kannada and 'Kottai' in Tamil).
Since there exists a Dravidian language in Balochistan(Brahui), could Quetta have come from this?

 

[Kompromat]

Any ideas on which river this project is supposed to come up? And are there any water canals diverted to Balochistan from the Indus?

Kalabagh Dam

Kalabagh Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Indischer]

hmm, i think forestation is relatively easy in mountainous places because i think that they rocky/mountainous terrain store relatively higher amounts of underground water

Dost, on the contrary, it's difficult to regrow forests in mountainous regions. Since the terrain is slopy, a lot of good topsoil, which contains most of the nourishment needed by plants, tend to get washed away in rains. The tree roots too find it difficult to penetrate the soil deep if the soil is rocky. Hence, it's much better that any forests in mountainous regions are not logged off.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I also found another interesting thing. The name Quetta means Forttress. And the root word is actually cognate with Dravidian words for Fort( 'Kote' in Kannada and 'Kottai' in Tamil).
Since there exists a Dravidian language in Balochistan(Brahui), could Quetta have come from this?

Kot is also a Pashto word meaning fortress.... due to the mountains surrounding Chiltan,murdaar,zarghoon n taktu...was always part of the Kalat state... And was inhabited by Baluch and Pashtun tribes.... the Hazaras prosecuted by the Afghans came in the 18th century?

I think Khan of Kalat also married a daughter of Ahmed Shah Abdali..

 

[airmarshal]

Excellent thread @W.11. What a beautiful place

 

[Indischer]

Kot is also a Pashto word meaning fortress.... due to the mountains surrounding Chiltan,murdaar,zarghoon n taktu...was always part of the Kalat state... And was inhabited by Baluch and Pashtun tribes....

I think Khan of Kalat also married a daughter of Ahmed Shah Abdali..

Yeah....Pathankot & Ranikot immediately comes to mind. Really interesting to find the same word for fortress in such disparate languages.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Yeah....Pathankot & Ranikot immediately comes to mind. Really interesting to find the same word for fortress in such disparate languages.

Ranikot is in Sindh..

 

[Indischer]

Ranikot is in Sindh..

Yeah, but the naming could have been borrowed from neighbouring Balochistan, innit? There are many such Forts that end with the suffix -Kot in India too.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Yeah, but the naming could have been borrowed from neighbouring Balochistan, innit? There are many such Forts that end with the suffix -Kot in India too.

Ranikot,Digkot,Radhakot,Sialkot lol.. lots of "kots" ...