Kharan Desert

The Kharan desert extends across an inland basin of western Baluchistan, where sand dunes and barren plains lie between scattered hills. The Mashkel River drains towards a shallow depression, the Hamun-e Mashkel, which holds water only intermittently. To the north the low Chagai Hills separate this basin from the deserts of Sistan. Travellers crossing the sandy country south of the lake encountered long stretches of dunes, with little water and few settlements to break the expanse.