The Dasht River () is located in the Makran region and Gwadar District, in the southwestern section of Balochistan Province, Pakistan which drains near Jiwani.[ Rivers Network.org: Dasht River Basin .]
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.
Mirani Dam
The 302,000 acre-feet (373,000,000 m
3)
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.
[ Pakissan.com: "Designing Mirani Dam for local needs" ; By Sikander Brohi.]
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