Nai Gaj ( sd, نئي گاج, ur, نئی گاج) is an

ephemeral river A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ar ...

Dadu District Dadu District ( sd, ضلعو دادو), ( ur, ) is a district of Sindh Province, Pakistan. With headquarters the city of Dadu, the district was created in 1931 by merging Kotri and Mahal Kohistan (later Jamshoro) tehsils from Karachi District a ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. The Government of Pakistan build the

Nai Gaj Dam Nai Gaj Dam is an embankment dam currently under construction on the Gaj River in the gorge area at the edge of Kirthar Mountains range at about north-west of Dadu city in Dadu District, Sindh Province of Pakistan. When complete, its power stat ...

on its course. Nai Gaj drains part of the

Kirthar Mountains The Kirthar Mountains ( ur, كوه کھیرتھر; sd, کير ٿر جبل) are a mountain range that mark the boundary between the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan and Sindh, and which comprise much of the Kirthar National Park. The mountain ra ...

, and flows from

Balochistan Balochistan ( ; bal, بلۏچستان; also romanised as Baluchistan and Baluchestan) is a historical region in Western and South Asia, located in the Iranian plateau's far southeast and bordering the Indian Plate and the Arabian Sea coastline. ...

province towards Sindh. It ends at

Lake Manchar Lake Manchar ( sd, منڇر ڍنڍ, ), also spelled Manchhar, is the largest natural freshwater lake in Pakistan, and is one of South Asia's largest. It is located west of the Indus River, in Jamshoro District and Dadu District, Sindh - 18 k ...

after flowing through the arid areas of

Kachho Kachho or Kachho Desert (Sindhi language, Sindhi: ڪاڇو, Urdu: کاچھو) is a Semi-arid climate, semi desert area of Sindh, Pakistan. The Kachho is denoted from word of Sindhi language Kachh which stands for a lap or an armpit. The desert of K ...

in Dadu District.

Gallery

File:A view of flowing Nai Gaj.jpg, View of flowing Nai Gaj File:Flowing Nai Gaj in Monsoon.jpg, A flow of Nai Gaj in Monsoon File:The diversion Band of Gaj Nai.jpg, Diversion Band of Gaj Nai File:The entering point of Gaj in area of Kachho, Sindh.jpg, Entering point of Gaj Nai in area of Kachho, Sindh

References

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