Geography
Fort Abbas is a Tehsil of Bahawalnagar District, in southern Punjab, Pakistan.It is famous for its desert Cholistan. The city is surrounded by forests, deserts and agricultural land. The land of Fort Abbas is highly fertile, but there is a shortage of water, causing much of the fertile land to be left uncultivated. Hacra Canal is the main to provide most of the water to the area. The major crops are wheat, cotton and sugar cane.
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