Physiography, bio-geographical and ecological zones
Major vegetative zones and Agro Ecological zones
Environmental Issue

Major Vegetative Zone

  • Permanent snow fields & glaciers
  • Dry alpine & cold desert zone
  • Alpine scrub & moist alpine
  • Himalayan dry coniferous with ilex oak
  • Himalayan moist temperate forest
  • Sub-tropical pine forest
  • Sub-tropical dry mixed deciduous scrub forest
  • Balochistan Juniper & pistachio scrub forest
  • Dry sub-tropical and temperate semi-evergreen scrub forest
  • Tropical thorn forest & sand dune desert
  • Mangrove and littoral
  • Sand dune desert

Agro Ecological zones include:

  • Indus Delta
  • Southern irrigated plain
  • Sandy deserts
  • Northern irrigated plains
  • Rain-fed lands
  • Wet mountains
  • Northern dry mountains
  • Western dry mountains
  • Dry western plateau
  • Sulaiman piedmont

 

 
 

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