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[edit] Hingol

The largest river in Baluchistan, 358 miles long. It rises at the head of the valley of Surab, and drains the western side of the Jhalawan country and the north-eastern part of Makran. The Hingol is known by a variety of names : as the Rej in Surah, as the Gidar Dhor in the Gidar valley, and as the Nal Kaur in the central part of its course. Its principal affluents join it in the south. They are the Mashkai, which meets the main stream under the name of the Pao, and the Arra. The Mashkai drains a very large area, including the Mashkai, Raghai, and Gichk valleys.

There is no continuous flow of water in the upper part of the course of the Hingol ; it meanders through stony valleys, the water being utilized wherever possible for cultivation, and constantly disappears in underground channels. From Kurragi in Jau downwards the supply becomes perennial. Thence the river passes through a series of magnificent but narrow gorges, and falls into the Arabian Sea in 25° 23' N. and 65° 28' E. Near its mouth is the celebrated shrine of Hinglaj.