This image shows the Karakoram Highway as it winds through the mountain range of the same name in northern Pakistan.
The Karakoram Highway offers students an opportunity to investigate the importance of routes as communications links.
Development of such mountainous areas is also an issue that students could focus on using this image.
Secondary Activities - Karakoram Highway
©John R Jones/RGS Picture Library
- How would you travel to this location?
- What economic activities take place in this area?
- How might the area be developed economically?
- Should this area be developed in the future?
- What impact might development have on the lives and culture of the people of the area?
- Describe the relief of the area. In what ways does the physical landscape affect farming in this area?
- What is the height of this range of mountains?
