Climate and Soil
The Layyah district has an extremely hot climate. Maximum temperature in the summer goes up to 53 degree Celsius. The temperature in winter is low due to the area's nearness to Koh-Suleman range of mountains. The Chaubara tehsil is almost barren and consists of forest and sand dunes. It is a ‘Rakh’ under the control of the Forest Department. The tehsils of Layyah and Karor Lal Eisan are developed agriculturally compared to other tehsils of the distract but still have are large tracks of sand dunes and uncultivated land. The Indus river passes from north to south on the western side of the district and touches Dera Ghazi Khan. The other main city of District is Chowk Azam has a population of 200,000.The other main city of District layyah is Choubara.
Read more about this topic: Layyah District
Famous quotes containing the words climate and/or soil:
“The climate has been described as “ten months winter and two months mighty late in the fall.””
—Administration in the State of Colo, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.”
—Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804–1864)