Mashkel

Mashkel lies near the western side of the inland basin of Hamun-e Mashkel, in the dry country between the Sarhad highlands and Kharan. The Mashkel River and its tributaries carry seasonal water towards the shallow depression, whose extent changes with rainfall. Date groves on the basin's western side have long provided a resource for communities of the surrounding uplands. Beyond the cultivated ground lie broad expanses of sand and barren plain, enclosed by the mountains of western Baluchistan.