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	Makran - LoveToKnow 1911
		The long stretch of sandy foreshore is broken on the coastline by the magnificent cliffs of Malan, the hammer-shaped headlands of Ormarah and Gwadar, and the precipitous cliffs of Jebel Zarain, near Pasni.
		Makran is the home of remnants of an innumerable company of mixed people gathered from the four corners of Asia and eastern Africa.
		The old Tajik element of Persia is not so evident in Makran as it is farther north; and the Karak pirates whose depredations led to the invasion of India and the conquest of Sind, seem to have disappeared altogether.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Makran (961 words)

	Makran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Makran (Urdu/Persian: مکران) is the southern region of Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman.
		Makran is very sparsely inhabited, with much of the population being concentrated in a string of small ports including Chah Bahar, Gwatar, Jiwani, Gwadar (not to be confused with Gwatar), Pasni, Ormara and many smaller fishing villages.
		On the formation of Pakistan, Makran became a district within the province of Balochistan, minus an area of 800 km² around Gwadar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Makran (628 words)

	All about Baloch and Balochistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		MAKRAN: The people of the Makran division have been facing numerous problems such as non-availability of potable water, lack of schools and colleges, absence of healthcare centres and hospitals plus non-existence of a network of roads essential for movement of people and their goods, according to a survey conducted by Dawn.
		Makran attained the status of a full-fledged division in July 1977.
		The people of the Makran division are forced to live in miserable conditions by the civic agencies, including the health department, education department, public health engineering department, Wapda, local bodies and B and R. The few schools and colleges they have are short of teachers and other educational facilities.
	www.baloch2000.org /news/13.htm (687 words)

	MAKRAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Makran is the remotest south west administrative division of the province of
		Central makran range, 130 kms inland; and the siahan range, 200 kms away from the sea.
		Is very little rain in the Makran region; the few villages and towns along the coast and between the hills are sustained By spring water.
	www.geocities.com /sharabi_dil/MAKRAN.html (485 words)

	Makran
		In the 18th century, Makran came gradually under the control of the Kalat Khanate, which was ruled then by Nasir Khan I. It was not until the 19th century that the British got interested in this area during the time of the First Afghan War in 1838.
		Makran is the name of the coastal area of Pakistan along the Oman Sea.
		Makran was conquered by Cyrus in 530 BC.
	www.crwflags.com /FOTW/flags/in-makra.html (515 words)

	Freshwater Fishes of Iran, Introduction - Drainage Basins - Makran
		The Makran is the coastal region of southeastern Iran between the Straits of Hormuz and the Pakistan border.
		The rivers and streams of the Makran all drain to the sea at the Straits of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman.
		Coad (1997a) proposed that the limits of Gedrosia be extended westwards to encompass the Iranian part of the Mashkel basin, along coastal Makran as far west as the Minab River, and internally to include the Jaz Murian and southern Lut basins.
	www.briancoad.com /Introduction/makranbasin.htm (1964 words)

	Casino Online : Makran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Makran è abitato molto scarsamente, con gran parte della popolazione che è concentrata in una serie di piccoli orificii compreso Chah Bahar, Gwatar, Jiwani, Gwadar (non essere confuso con Gwatar), Pasni, Ormara e molti più piccoli villaggi di pesca.
		Sulla formazione del Pakistan, Makran si è transformato in in un distretto all'interno della provincia di Balochistan, meno una zona di km² 800 intorno a Gwadar.
		Il litorale di Makran possiede soltanto un'isola, isola di Astola, vicino a Pasnied a parecchi isolotti insignificanti.
	www.imimage.it /Casino/?title=Makran (612 words)

	Makran
		Makran is the southern region of Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan along the coast of the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman.
		The coastline from Karachi (just east of Makran) to the Pakistan-Iran border is about 800km [2].
		The Pakistan government is developing Ormara as a naval port and constructing a road along the coast from Karachi [2].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ma/Makran.html (183 words)

	RESULTS
		Along the Makran coast the 2 ml/l isoline was observed at depths between 20 and 30 m, while off the Indus delta (Sind coast) waters of oxygen contents less than 2 ml/l were found at 15 m at the innermost station.
		At the Makran coast the concentrations of bottom fishes were predominated by hairtails (Trichiurus lepturus and Lepturacanthus savala) which made up the bulk of the catches in the area.
		At the eastern Makran coast and in Sonmiany Bay the trawl hauls indicated that krill was a major constituent of the planktonic biomass, while different kinds of jellyfish were caught in quantities off Sind.
	www.fao.org /WAIRDOCS/FNS/FN124E/ch3.htm (1272 words)

	Makran (princely state) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The state of Makran was established in the eighteenth century as a vassal State of Kalat, a status which remained until 1948.
		When that province was dissolved in 1970, the territory of the former state of Makran was organised as Makran District and later Makran Division of the province of Baluchistan (later Balochistan).
		The rulers of Makran were originally styled as Nizam and from 1922 as Nawab.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/State_of_Makran (269 words)

	THE POTENTIAL OF TSUNAMI GENERATION ALONG THE MAKRAN SUBDUCTION ZONE IN THE NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA. - by Dr. George ...
		Although large earthquakes along the Makran Subduction Zone are infrequent, the potential for the generation of destructive tsunamis in the Northern Arabian Sea cannot be overlooked.
		The morphology of the coastal region is further complicated by the extreme sediment accretion from the erosion in the Himalayas (Closs et al., 1969, White and Louden, 1983; Platt et al., 1985; Minshull et al., 1992, Fruehn et al., 1997).
		The Makran Coastal Range (MCR) is a narrow belt of highly folded and densely faulted mountain ridges which parallel the present shoreline and extend for about 75 percent of the total coast length for about 800 km (500 mi) in both the Balochistan and Sindh Provinces.
	www.drgeorgepc.com /TsunamiPotentialMakranSZ.html (8547 words)

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		According to the Geological Survey of Pakistan, the earthquake activity in Pakistan is mainly concentrated in the north and western sections of the country, along the boundary of the Indian plate and the Iranian and Afghan micro-plates.
		A fault also runs along the Makran coast and is believed to be of the same nature as the West Coast fault along the coast of Maharashtra, India.
		The third one is the Pubb fault which ends into Arabian sea near Makran coast and the last one is located in the lower Dadu district near Surajani and falls in the vicinity of Karachi.
	www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Oct05/09/05.htm (1095 words)

	Makran Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Makran region differs from the other collisional (subducting) segments of the Arabian Plate in that here oceanic, rather than continental, crust is being subducted beneath the Eurasian Plate.
		North of the Makran region is the Helmand block (H), a continental block that collided with Eurasia before the arrival of the Arabian Plate.
		The few volcanoes (V) related to the subduction of the Indian Ocean floor beneath the Makran coast are visible north of the Jaz Murian forearc basin (J).
	earth.jsc.nasa.gov /handbooks/arabianpages/makran-title.htm (825 words)

	pothos.org - All about Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Stating that Alexander planned to cross the Makran whether or not the fleet showed up was a way to take the heat off himself and pass it to Alexander who, safe with the Gods, was beyond harm.
		So we contend the Makran march was not chosen for punishment or for glory, it was simply the army’s only route home at this point and everyone knew it.
		Looking at these figures, it might suggest that the Makran had a marchable route which was not quite so inhospitable during Alexander’s time as research today seems to indicate.
	pothos.org /alexander.asp?paraID=49&keyword_id=8&title=Makran+Desert (1505 words)

	International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology - Tsunami
		Teleseismic activity in the Makran region prior to the great earthquake of 1945 can be characterized in terms of two stages (Quittmeyer 1979).
		More than 4000 people were killed on the Makran Coast by both the earthquake and the tsunami.
		Quittmeyer (1978) claims that the recent seismicity in the region west of the area affected prior to 1945 suggests that the western region may be the site of the next large earthquake.
	www.iiees.ac.ir /bank/Tsunami/bank_Tsunami_Makran.html (815 words)

	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE 1945 - THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI OF 28 NOVEMBER 1945 IN SOUTHERN PAKISTAN - by Dr. George ...
		The Makran coast is rugged and tectonic in origin with uplifted terraces, cliffs and headlands.
		The seismicity of the Makran region is relatively low compared to the neighboring regions, which have been devastated regularly by large earthquakes (Jacob and Quittmeyer, 1979).
		For example, for ten years prior to the 1945 Makran earthquake, there was a concentration of seismic activity in the vicinity of its epicenter.
	www.drgeorgepc.com /Tsunami1945Pakistan.html (3350 words)

	PABE :: Pakistani American Business Executive Association
		The Makran Coastal Highway project will help in establishing better commerce and trade relations with the neighbouring countries of Pakistan, particularly, the central Asian republics, besides, raising the living standard of the local people.
		"The development of Gwadar Port and infrastructure along the Makran Coast is key to boost the national economy," said Brig Shabbir Ahmed, Commander, Frontier Works Organisation (FWO), which is constructing the two sections of the highway.
		The Makran Coastal Road would provide an access to the Naval harbour base at Ormara and would also provide an easy access to newly emerged central Asian republics.
	www.pabe.org /makran.htm (488 words)

	pothos.org - All about Alexander the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		First, the Makran desert itself, an inhospitable, pitiless landscape of rock, dust, sand and baking heat along the southern coast of Iran.
		Or an alternative explanation for the Makran: the fleet may have been comprised of boats incapable of carrying sufficient supplies to sustain itself for such a long voyage.
		In the context, it sounds as though he is stating that three-quarters of them died on the march through Makran.
	www.pothos.org /alexander.asp?ParaID=49 (1505 words)

	Geomorphology: Chapter 6 Plate C-9
		The Makran coast is on a converging tectonic plate margin, where oceanic lithosphere of the Arabian plate is subducting under the continental Eurasian plate.
		At the present coast, the process continues; the bold headlands at Jabal Zarain, Ras Ormara, and elsewhere are upthrust fault blocks of weakly consolidated mudstones and conglomerates Miocene to Pleistocene age that are the latest increments of land to the southern edge of Eurasia.
		The rapid tempo of change on the Makran coast is aided by climatic as well as geologic factors.
	daac.gsfc.nasa.gov /geomorphology/GEO_6/GEO_PLATE_C-9.shtml (698 words)

	makran
		Karachi (with an estimated 1990 population of almost 10 million), the major port city on the Arabian Sea and former capital, is located along the western edge of the Indus River floodplain.
		A spectacular view of the Makran Range of Pakistan (27.0N, 65.5E) looking north with the Arabian Sea and the city of Karachi in the foreground.
		MAKRAN, March 23: The people of the Makran division have been facing numerous problems such as non-availability of potable water, lack of schools and colleges, absence of healthcare centres and hospitals plus non-existence of a network of roads essential for movement of people and their goods, according to a survey conducted by Dawn.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1800_1899/northwest/makran/makran.html (1065 words)

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		The Makran subduction zone of eastern Iran and southwestern Pakistan exhibits strong variation in seismicity between its eastern and western segments and has one of the world’s largest forecast.
		In this research, recent and past seismicity of the Makran region were analyzed and compared with geology and tectonic of the region.
		Focal mechanisms of Makran earthquakes, Map of tectonic flux and 2&3 dimensional energy maps were constructed and compared with geology and tectonic maps to distinguish the distribution of segmentation and seismic active zones in the region.
	www.aaspe.am /ASC_2004/Abstracts/Session2/210_Arezou_Dorostian_Iran.doc (544 words)

	All about Baloch and Balochistan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He was speaking on the occasion of ground-breaking ceremony of the Makran Coastal Highway Project phase-II (Gwadar-Pasni section) on Friday.
		He said the second most important factor for national development was availability of water for irrigation so that socio-economic conditions of 60 to 70 per cent of people living in rural areas could be improved.
		The total length of Makran Coastal Highway including links is 653km and the project will be completed in five years at an estimated cost of Rs15 billion.
	www.baloch2000.org /news/07.htm (479 words)

	''TRANS PAKISTAN (Baluchistan Page)
		To it’s north and west, thousands of kilometers of barren deserts and stark mountains form the borders with Iran and Southern Afghanistan while due east, it is divided from the rest of Pakistan by the Kirther and Sulaiman mountain ranges.
		Some areas of the South, near the Makran Coast, are famous for growing 300 different varieties of dates.
		Most areas of Makran were closed to foreigners till a short time back and at the moment, most trips to these areas are of Exploratory nature as tourist infrastructure there is totally missing.
	www.transpakistan.com.pk /balochistan.htm (1214 words)

	Pakistan Link Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Referring to Makran Coastal Highway project, he said the work on the first of the four-sector project was started on July 1.
		Construction work on Liari-Ormara section of Makran coastal highway at the cost of Rs.3906 million in full swing by FWO overall progress is 30%.
		He said that 653 km in length, project is located in Southern Baluchistan running along the Makran coastal belt.the start point of the road is located at Sheikh Raj near about 100 north of Karachi on the existing RCD highway.
	www.pakistanlink.com /headlines/April/14/10.html (355 words)

	QUETTA: Gwadar and Makran face foodstuff shortage -DAWN - Local; 22 May, 2004
		Because of lack of properly metalled roads, these areas are not easily accessible and edible and other goods from Sindh and Punjab cannot do not reach there or those which reach there are too expensive to be bought by the area people who are extremely poor.
		They said the flour crisis has become very serious in Gwadar and other coastal areas and its price had increased by 120 per cent in two weeks and other food items were also not available in the market.
		The leaders of National Party further said that Makran was a far-flung area of Balochistan where flour and food items could not be supplied from Punjab and Sindh due to lack of proper roads.
	www.dawn.com /2004/05/22/local37.htm (411 words)

	MAKRAN, or MEKRAN - Online Information article about MAKRAN, or MEKRAN
		Arabs held Makran even before they conquered Sind and made the Kej valley their See also:
		Mayne was despatched to Makran by sea, owing to a See also:
		rebellion against the authority of the khan of Kalat, and an attack made by some Makran chiefs on a British survey party.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /LUP_MAL/MAKRAN_or_MEKRAN.html (1187 words)

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