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Geography of Afghanistan. / 33.000°N 65.000°E / 33.000; 65.000. Afghanistan is a landlocked mountainous country located on the Iranian Plateau, [6] at the crossroads of Central Asia [7] [8] and South Asia. [9] [10] The country is the 40th largest in the world in size. Kabul is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in ...
Geography of Afghanistan An enlargeable topographic map of Afghanistan Geography of Afghanistan Afghanistan is: a landlocked country Location: Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere Eurasia Asia ( Central Asia) ( South Asia) Greater Middle East Iranian plateau Time zone: UTC+04:30 Extreme points of Afghanistan High: Noshaq 7,492 m (24,580 ft) Low: Amu Darya 258 m (846 ft) Land boundaries ...
Afghanistan, [d] officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [e] is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, [26] it is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south, [f] Iran to the west, Turkmenistan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, Tajikistan to the northeast ...
Geology of Afghanistan. The geology of Afghanistan includes nearly one billion year old rocks from the Precambrian. The region experienced widespread marine transgressions and deposition during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic, that continued into the Cenozoic with the uplift of the Hindu Kush mountains.
Afghanistan Information Management Services (AIMS) Provincial Governors Archived 15 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine Afghanistan Provinces Map Xavier de Planhol, 2000, GEOGRAPHY i. Evolution of geographical knowledge: Development of geographical knowledge about Afghanistan., Encyclopædia Iranica.
The Afghan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office (AGCHO) is the Afghan government 's national cartographic agency. Founded in 1958, [1] its focus is the production, publication and distribution of physical, topographical, political, thematic, cadastral, and natural resources maps, [2] helping Afghanistan's infrastructural development, economical ...
Subdivisions of Afghanistan. Afghanistan is divided into: Provinces of Afghanistan. Districts of Afghanistan. Subdistricts of Afghanistan.
The central Afghan highlands, or the Afghan Highlands ( Dari / Persian: افغانستان کوهستانی; Pashto: غرنی افغانستان ), is a geographic region of Afghanistan. Stretching from the Sabzak Pass near Herat in the west to the Little Pamir in the northeast, it includes the main Hindu Kush range and forms a western ...