Nari
Nari, 1908
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
River in Baluchistan, known also as the Anambar and the Beji. It rises near Splraragha. and has a total length in Baluchi- stan of about 300 miles. The upper part of its .course is known as the Loralai river, and after the junction of the latter with the Sehan it becomes the Anambar. On passing into the Marri country it is called the Beji. Near Babar Kach it is met from the north-west by the Dada and Sangan streams, and shortly afterwards debouches into the Kachhi plain, whence it branches into a number of channels .(28° 30' N., 67° 57' E.), eventually reaching Sind. Its large catchment area covers Loralai and Sibi Districts and Kachhi. The Nari is subject to very heavy floods. Temporary embankments are erected in its bed to permit the cultivation of lands in Loralai District, and a Government irrigation work to carry flood-water has also been constructed. All the permanent water-supply is used at Sibi for culti- vation ; and the central part of Kachhi depends entirely on its flood- water, which is raised by ingeniously contrived temporary earthen embankments of great size. Much of the summer flood-water, however, runs to waste.
