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The province of Sindh has
two gigantic seaports and both are located in Karachi. The biggest
international airport of Pakistan is also situated in Karachi and is
widely known as Qaid-e-Azam International airport.
The Sindh plain comprises
mainly the province of Sindh and stretches between the Punjab plain and
the arabian Sea. River Indus flows here as a single river and the plain
comprises a vast fertile tract stretching westward from the narrow strip
of flood plain on the right bank of River Indus, and a vast expanse of
desert stretching eastward from the left bank. The desert area is dry and
desolate like Cholistan in the Punjab plain. But, the plain area right of
River Indus is green with a vast stretches of vegetation lined everywhere
with avenues of trees.
The Province of sindh forms
the lower Indus basin and lies between 23 to 35 Degree and 28-30, north
latitude and 66-42 and 71-1-degree east longitude. It is about 579 kms in
length from north to south and nearly 442 kms in its extreme breadth (281
kms average). It covers 1,40,915 square kms and is about as large as
England.
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