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KARACHI

Karachi
Karachi originally was a small fisherman village settled by

the Baloch tribes from Balochistan and Makran.

Their first settlement was near the delta of the Indus River
which they named as 'Kolachi village.
At the end of 1700 century, the settlers of Kolachi village
started trading across the sea with Muscat and the
Persian Gulf region. Later, the village started to grow as
the commercial hub and a port for trade.

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With time it became an important city of the region.
Some interesting facts about Karachi
It is largest city of Pakistan
Main seaport of Pakistan
Capital city of Sindh province
One of the worlds largest cities
Main centre of banking, industry and trade in Pakistan
Was the capital of Pakistan until 1960; when Islamabad was created as a

new capital city

It is called city of light due to its liveliness
People who lives here are known as karachiites

Karachi
Karachi is in the south of Pakistan, on the coast of the Arabian

sea.
The land in the area is mainly flat but there are some hills on the
western and northern parts of the city.
Two rivers flow through Karachi; the river Malir and the river Lyari
Karachi harbour is in a sheltered bay in the south west of the city,
it is protected from storm by sand spit beach, manora island and
oyster rocks
There are dense mangrove forests and creeks in the south east
in the Indus river delta

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Creek:
A natural stream of water

normally smaller than and

often tributary to a river.
Mangrove forest:
Mangroves are a group of
trees and shrubs that live in
the coastal zone.

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Sand spit beach
Sandpit Beach is situated south

west of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

It is a very famous tourist spot.
Oyster rocks:
The Clifton Oyster Rocks are a
series of islets located off the
coast of the Clifton
neighbourhood of Karachi, Sindh,
Pakistan.

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Delta:
Point where river enters a sea

or ocean is called delta.

The coast of Karachi

The Karachi coast has low rocky cliffs and sandy beaches.
Sea caves and arches are common
Cliffs, caves and arches are formed by the erosion of the

sea.
Erosion is the act in which earth is worn away, often by
water, wind, or ice. A similar process, weathering, breaks
down or dissolves rock, weakening it or turning it into tiny
fragments. No rock is hard enough to resist the forces of
weathering and erosion.

Cliff

Vertical steep rock formed by

the process of weathering and

erosion.
When waves crash against
the land, they erode the rocks.
Over long period of time , this
forms a steep landforms
called a cliff.

Headlands

A headland is a narrow

projection of land from

coastline into the sea.

Cave

If there is a weak part at the

bottom of a cliff, the waves

erode this area more quickly.

Arches

If a cave is formed is further

exposed to more erosion by

water results in enlargement
of cave and eventually water
runs pass through this cave
and made an opening, This
opening is called an arch.
Natural arches can be seen in
the photos below.

Stack

Over the time, the thin strip of

land above the arch is worn

away by rain n wind.
It falls into the sea, the bit of
land left in the sea is called a
stack.
There is a stack at paradise
point in Karachi

Karachi coast erosion and weathering

Bay

Bay : A bay is a water body

enclosed on (almost) 3 sides

by land, with a wide mouth
that opens into the ocean.
It can as small as the one
above(White Bay) or as large
as the Hudson Bay or the
Bay of Bengal .