Dasht River

The Dasht River (Urdu: دریائے دشت) is located in the Makran region and Gwadar District, in the southwestern section of Balochistan Province, Pakistan which drains near Jiwani.^[4]

Dasht River Dasht Kaur[1]
Dasht river running into the Jiwani Bay near the border with Iran
Native name	دریائے دشت (Urdu)
Location
Countries	Pakistan
Provinces	Balochistan
Districts	Kech, Gwadar
Settlements	Kuldan, Sutkagan Dor
Physical characteristics
Source	Mirani Dam
Mouth
• location	Gwadar District, Balochistan, Pakistan
• coordinates	25°10′46″N 61°40′39″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	430 km (270 mi)[2]
Basin size	31,058.3 km2 (11,991.7 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• location	Near mouth
• average	(Period: 1971–2000)41.8 m3/s (1,480 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Progression	Arabian Sea
River system	Dasht River
Tributaries
• left	Kech[3]
• right	Nihing[3]
Type	Intermittent river[1]

Tributaries

The Kech River which flows through Kech valley is the eastern tributary of the Dasht River while its western tributary the Nihing River flows east from the Iran–Pakistan border before emptying at Mirani Dam, where the two rivers join to form the Dasht River.^[5]

Mirani Dam

The 302,000 acre-feet (373,000,000 m³) Mirani Dam is located across the Dasht River in the Central Makran Range. The dam was built to supply agricultural irrigation water for the surrounding areas, flood control in the downstream region, and to provide drinking water for the city of Gwadar.^[6]