The land itself lies from 170 to 273 feet (83 m) above sea-level, being highest on its eastern side near the river Indus, whence it slopes downwards to the west.

The south-east extremity of the District consists of high mountains, part of the Kirthar range, the highest peak being Miangun (5,100 ft).

[1] The climate is remarkable for its intense heat, the greatest in colonial India, its variations in temperature, and the smallness of the rainfall.

In November and March the temperature rises considerably in the daytime, but in the winter nights cold is severe and frost.

After August the nights become cooler, the north-west wind sets in, and by the middle of October the temperature falls considerably.

The increase was due to immigration from Baluchistan and the Punjab, to fresh lands having been brought under cultivation, and to changes in the area of the District amounting to an addition of about 500 square miles (1,300 km2).