PHYSICAL FEATURES. 41 



the hill of Chel and by an open shallow valley, beyond which the con- 

 spicuous peak of Karangli overlooks the northern entrance to the pass of 

 Choya-Saidan-Shah. From this peak a series of south-westerly ridges 



and valleys divides the plateau from the next, 

 Danddt plateau. ... 



and terminates in very broken ground surrounding 



the small but lofty plateau of Dandot, part of which is 2,599 feet above 



the sea. 



Next to the westward is the Kahun, which might also be called 



the Dalwal plateau, with heights of over 2,400 feet. 

 Kahun plateau. tj • i • i • -, ■ 



It is less rocky than those previously mentioned, is 



bounded on the north by steeply sloping rocky " Knddera," and southward 



by two remarkably long, straight ravines, meeting at an obtuse angle and 



forming the deep gorge of Makr^ch. This upland is 16 miles long and 



8 wide, the whole range having here gained so much in width as to be 



12 miles broad. 



On the south-west side of the Kahiln, a lofty, narrow, and irregularly 



shaped plateau extends in a north-westerly direc- 

 Malot plateau. , 



tion, between one of the ravines just mentioned. 



and the southern slopes of the range. It rises to elevations of 3,000 and 



3,200 feet, and may be called the Malot plateau. 



Separated from that last mentioned by the deep Sardi (Sera or Seri- 



arik) gorge is another larger table-land on which 

 Nurpur plateau. n -kt ^ 



the village of Nurpur stands. It is in parts less 



rocky than the last, and has much the same character as that of 



Dalwal. The elevation of the surface ranges from 3,500 to 2,800 feet. 



This Nurpur plateau is about 10 miles from north to south and the 



same from east to west, the whole range here having a width of 14 



miles. 



The high plateau-country stretches to the westward for 32 miles. 

 Son or Western pla- becoming narrower about Pail and Chamil, where 

 *^^^' the whole width of the ridge is about 12 miles. 



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