Topography Kech
Kech district is located from 25° -24¢ to 26° -39¢ north latitudes and from 61° -49¢ to 64° -31¢ east longitudes. It is bounded on the north by Panjgur district, on the east by Awaran district, on the south by Gwadar district, and on the west by Iran. Total area of the district is 22,539 square kilometers.
The district is mountainous in its character and the direction of the mountain ranges is from north-east to south-west. It lies between two important mountain ranges, i.e., the Makran Coast range, which separates it from Gwadar district in the south and the Central Makran range, which separates it from Panjgur district in the north. The elevation of the district ranges between 100 to 1400 meters above sea level. Most of the western part of the district is relatively at a low elevation compared to the eastern one. The Kech valley is well-known for it’s hot weather.
Gokprosh, an offshoot of the Makran Coast range, starts from Tal-e-Sar, due south of Oshap in the Kech valley and runs due westward to Baho Kalat in Iran, separating Pidarak from Shahrak and Sami, and Nigwar from Tump and Mand. It consists of a single ridge at the eastern end which gradually widens into the usual collection of parallel ridges as it approaches the western boundary of the district. Here the little valley of Kastag is found enclosed within it. Midway in its length, the Nihing and Kech rivers join at Kaur-e-Awaran and form Dasht river.
The Central Makran range is in the north of Kech. At the north-eastern end the main mass consists of a single ridge known as the Koh-e-Patandar but opposite Gwarjak in Mashkai this ridge bifurcates. The lower one forming a larger arc and running along the northern edge of the Kolwa and Kech valleys to Mand. Opposite Sami this ridge is called Sami Koh and between Kech and Buleda is known to the people of Kech as the Buledai Band and to those of Buleda as the Kech Band. The latter name is more common. Westward the range includes the area of closed drainage known as Balgattar and the valley of Buleda.
The major rivers and streams of Kech district include Dasht river, Nihing river, Basol river, Kech kaur, Gish kaur, and Kil kaur.