Musa Qala

Musa Qala lies in the dry hills north of the lower Helmand valley. The Musa Qala River flows through the district before joining the Helmand, one of the great rivers of southern Afghanistan. Its valley offers cultivable land amid otherwise barren hills, while the river continues southwest toward the inland basin of Sistan. Settlements in this country cluster along the courses that bring water down from the uplands.