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Marine Marvels: Discovering the Astonishing Aquatic World of Gomal Valley

Amazing presence of millions of years old marine life in the Drazanda area near Dera Ismail Khan If you go from Dera Ismail Khan to Zhob area of ​​Balochistan, then at a distance of 60 km, after Chitral plain area Drabin, there is a semi-tribal area of ​​Drazanda.  In this area, in the mountain range of Mount Solomon, the locals have found fossils of marine life that  to be rocks, but in fact they are creatures that have turned to rock over time. More than 50 species of marine life have been discovered in this arid mountainous region bordering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Fossils are living things that turn to rock over time and retain much of their structure. There are also areas near Drazanda where drinking water is scarce today but according to experts, in the past there was an ocean in this area which has gone hundreds of kilometers away with the passage of time. Now most of the area is barren and barren.  There is grass. Remains of marine life  discovered in the rugged moun