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Kunduz
Mihtarlam
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Maydan Shahr
Jalalabad
Zaranj
Nuristan(Lokar)
Sharan
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Bazaarak
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Sari Pul
Alingar
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Ghazni Rod
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Upper
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Hari Rod
Lower
Hari Rod
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Panjsher
Chak wa
Logar Rod
Chagay
Arghistan
Tarnak
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Middle
Hilmand
Kabul
Kunar
Panj
Ab-i-Rustaq
Khanabad
Kokcha
Khulm
Kunduz
Balkhab
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Gomal
Shamal
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Hilmand
Lower
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Farah
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Khuspas
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Khash
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Sistan-Helmand
Adraskan
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Dasht-i
Naomid
Badakhshan
Badghis
Sari Pul
Samangan
Takhar
Parwan
Paktya
Panjsher
Paktika
Nimroz
Nuristan
Nangarhar
Maydan
Wardak
Laghman
Logar
Kunduz
Zabul
Uruzgan
Kunar
Khost
Kapisa
Kandahar
Kabul
Jawzjan
Hirat
Hilmand
Ghor
Ghazni
Faryab
Farah
Daykundi
Bamyan
Balkh
Baghlan
W A S H C L U S T E R
Afghanistan River Basins
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Provincial Centre
River / Stream
Provincial Boundary
Watershed Area
Date Printed: 27 Nov 2012 5:16:29 PM
Administrative Boundaries: AIMS
General Content: OASIS, USGS, FAO
Datum/Projection: WGS-84/ Geographic
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on this map do not imply the expression of any opinion
whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations
concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area
or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its
frontiers or boundaries.
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Humanitarian Response
http://afg.humanitarianresponse.info
80%
of Afghanistan's water resources comes from snow
(at elevations above 2000m; excluding fossil groundwater)
150,000 million cubic metres
30,000 million cubic metres
Snow -
Annual Precipitation Volumes
Rainfall -
84,000 million cubic metres
Annual Surface -
Water Volume
1%
of the annual volume of water
used is for drinking purposes
HC - 01
Amu
Darya
Northern
Kabul
(Indus)
Hilmand
Harirod-Murghab
Notes:
All statistics have been taken from the Watershed Atlas of
Afghanistan Volume I, 2004, produced by the Ministry of Irrigation.
Five Major River Basins
Mean annual volume of river discharge by river basin