Dašt-e Mārgoh

Dasht-e Margo stretches across the arid country within the great bend of the Helmand River. Gravel covers much of this desert plateau, formed over ancient lakebeds and deposits of the Helmand basin, while dunes and bare ground occupy other tracts. Water is scarce, and settlement is largely confined to river valleys and the floor of the Sistan basin at the desert's edge.