Hāmūn-e Maśkēl

Hamun-e Mashkel is a shallow inland depression in the desert of western Baluchistan. The Mashkel River reaches it after crossing the Siahan range and running along the western side of the Kharan basin. Most of the year the lake bed holds little water, but heavy rain can spread temporary water across its flat floor. Sand dunes and barren plains surround the basin, which has no outlet to the sea and is separated from the larger deserts of Sistan by the Chagai hills.