The Central Makran Range is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have aris ...

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, in southwestern section of

Balochistan Province Balochistan (; ; , ) is a province of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It is bordered by the Pakistani provinces of Khybe ...

, in southwestern

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Geography

It is one of three ranges in the mountain ranges system of the province. The range's peaks are in elevation.

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 ...

across the

Dasht River The Dasht River () is located in the Makran region and Gwadar District, in the southwestern section of Balochistan Province, Pakistan which drains near Jiwani. Tributaries The Kech River which flows through Kech valley is the eastern tributary o ...

forms a reservoir in the range, to provide irrigation water in the region and 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 ...

Geology

The Central Makran Range is primarily made up of

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

and

sandstone Sandstone is a Clastic rock#Sedimentary clastic rocks, clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of grain size, sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate mineral, silicate grains, Cementation (geology), cemented together by another mineral. Sand ...

. It was formed when the northwestern

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collided with the Asian Plate.

Adjacent ranges

There are three main ranges in Balochistan: *the

Makran Coastal Range Makran Coastal Range is a mountain range in the Makran region, in southwestern section of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan Province, in southwestern Pakistan. It is one of three mountain ranges system in the province. The range rises to aroun ...

(up to about ); *the Central Makran Range (); *the

Siahan Range The Siahan Range is a mountain range in the central part of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan Province of southwestern Pakistan. The Siahan Range is primarily made up of limestone and sandstone and was formed when the north western Indian Plat ...

().

References

External links

NASA Images: Makran Ranges
CMakran CMakran {{Balochistan-geo-stub

Geography

Geology

Adjacent ranges

See also

References

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