The Dasht River () is located in the

Makran Makran (), also mentioned in some sources as ''Mecran'' and ''Mokrān'', is the southern coastal region of Balochistan. It is a semi-desert coastal strip in the Balochistan province in Pakistan and in Iran, along the coast of the Gulf of Oman. I ...

region and

Gwadar District Gwadar District (, ) is a district in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. The name Gwadar originates from Gwat and Dar ()، which means the door of air. Gwadar was notified as a separate district on 1 July 1977. The city of Gwadar serves as t ...

, in the southwestern section of

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which drains near Jiwani.

Tributaries

The

Kech River The Kech River () flows in the Makran region of southeastern Iran and the southwestern area of Balochistan Province in southwestern Pakistan. Geography The seasonal intermittent river is a tributary of the Dasht River. The Dasht flows southeast i ...

which flows through Kech valley is the eastern

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the Dasht River and the Nihing River is the western tributary and flows east from the

Iran–Pakistan border The Iran–Pakistan border (; ), is the international boundary that separates Iran and Pakistan. It demarcates the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan from the Pakistani province of Balochistan, and spans 909 kilometres (565 miles) in ...

before emptying at Mirani Dam where both the rivers join to form the Dasht River.

Mirani Dam

The 302,000 acre-feet (373,000,000 m³)

Mirani Dam Mirani Dam () is on the Dasht River, south of the Central Makran Range in Kech District in Balochistan province of Pakistan. Its reservoir is fed by the Kech and the Nihing rivers, which join at Mirani Dam to form the Dasht River. Mirani Dam w ...

is located across the Dasht River in the

Central Makran Range The Central Makran Range is a mountain range in the Makran region, in southwestern section of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan Province, in southwestern Pakistan. Geography It is one of three ranges in the mountain ranges system of the provin ...

. The dam was built to supply agricultural

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has bee ...

water for the surrounding areas, flood control in the downstream region, and to provide drinking water for the city of

Gwadar Gwadar (, ) is a Port, port city on the southwestern coast of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan. The city is located on the shores of the Arabian Sea, opposite Oman and has a populati ...

.Pakissan.com: "Designing Mirani Dam for local needs"
By Sikander Brohi.

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Rivers of Balochistan (Pakistan) Gwadar District Rivers of Pakistan Gwatar Bay Gulf of Oman {{Pakistan-river-stub