Pishin Lora
Pishin Lora, 1908
River in Baluchistan, having its source in the western slopes of the Kand mountain of the Toba-Kakar range and terminating in the Hamun-i-Lora. Its total length is about 250 miles. The principal affluents meet near Shadizai in Pishln. In addition to the Barshor Lora or main stream, they consist of the Kakar Lora, the Surkhab, and the Shorarud. Below the confluence of the upper tributaries the bed is 200 yards wide, and lies between scarped banks about 20 feet high. The running stream, however, is usually not more than a few yards wide and quite shallow. On entering the hills west of Shorarad the course becomes deep and narrow, until it debouches into the Shorawak plain (30degree 22' N., 66degree 22' E.). Here it becomes dissipated into several channels which find their way through Nushki. The area drained includes the west of the Sarawan country, Quetta- Pishin, and Nushki in Baluchistan, besides Shorawak in Afghanistan. For purposes of irrigation, water is taken off wherever it can be made available. The Shebo canal and the Khushdil Khan reservoir in Pishln are dependent on it for their supply; and in 1903 an embank- ment for irrigation was constructed in the north of the Nushki tahsil across the bur channel.
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.
