Jacobabad is fed by the Guddu barrage through one of its three off-taking channels, a non-perennial Begari Sindh (BS) Feeder canal system.
It is often said if you need to experience or report on heat, Jacobabad is the right place to be. The oppressive heat has been its identity as one of the hottest places in Asia that makes people go for impromptu showers multiple times a day. Heat is not a joke here people die.
Another strong identity of the area is the never-ending waterlogging, salinity, nonexistent drainage system and brackish subsoil water, which haunts paddy growers. Paddy cultivation takes place at a massive scale here, after Larkana. No immediate solution to this chronic problem is in sight for which farmers also share the blame, perhaps by overcropping.