Distinctive erosional/structural landform or scenery Mesozoic
Kala Chitta Range
Potwar Basin · also Kala Chitta hills
A narrow east–west range north of the Potwar Plateau exposing a near-complete Jurassic-to-Palaeogene Tethyan shelf succession — Samana Suk carbonates, glauconitic Chichali shales and Kawagarh limestones — in a single, accessible thrust belt.
ScientificEducationalScenic
- Jurassic Samana Suk to Cretaceous Kawagarh shelf section
- Classic Kala Chitta–Margalla thrust belt
- A much-studied teaching transect near Attock
The geology here
The stratigraphic units exposed at this site — every geological fact above traces to their cited sources.
Quantitative assessment
Scored with the Brilha (2016) method — each value 0–400. Desk-based first pass; the full score matrix ships with the open dataset.
Scientific value 240/400 · 60%
Educational use 355/400 · 88.8%
Touristic use 305/400 · 76.3%
Degradation risk 245/400 · 61.3%
Urgent — high value, high risk
Nearby geosites
This geosite is an editorial selection; the geological facts trace to the cited sources on the linked unit pages. Coordinates are indicative and not surveyed. ← All geosites · Suggest a correction