The salt range in the jogi tilla NAD bakrala ridges near Jhelum and runs south west to the north of the river jhelum for some distance before turning north west to cross the indus near kalabagh. The average height of the range is about 2,200 feet but near sakesar it rises to about 5000 feet above sea level. There Are a number of shallow basin and salt lakes. While it is less impressive in the north it presents a steep face of bare rocks salt and other minerals like gypsum and coal are found in this range.
North of the salt range lies the potwar plateau the height of which varies from 1000 to 2000 feet above sea level. A large part of the plateau has been dissected and eroded by the action of running water and it present a verid landscape . During the rains the stresams cut down into e land and wash away the fertile soil...
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