Kirtar [Mountain Range] - Kirtar

Japanese: キルタール[山脈] - きるたーる
Kirtar [Mountain Range] - Kirtar

…The name Sindh comes from Sindhu (the ancient Sanskrit name for the Indus River, meaning "ocean, river"). Topographically, it is divided into three north-south belts: the Kirthar Mountains in the west and the complex alluvial fan zone on its eastern foothills, the alluvial plains of the lower Indus River basin in the center, and the western edge of the Thar Desert in the east. The Indus River flows through the western mountains in an S-shape, and its mouth forms a marshland that connects to the Rann of Kutch. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kirtar Mountains" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…シンドの名はシンドゥ(インダス川のサンスクリットによる古名で〈大洋,川〉の意)に由来する。地形的には,西部のキルタール山脈とその東麓の複合扇状地帯,中部のインダス川下流域の沖積平野,東部のタール砂漠西縁部の三つの南北ベルトに分かれる。インダス川は西部山地の走向に規定されてS字形に貫流し,河口部はカッチ湿地に接続する湿地帯をなす。…

※「キルタール[山脈]」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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