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The water is highly alkaline and mass die-offs of freshwater fish from the Ghazni River sometimes occur. [1] The main inflows into Ab-i Istada are the Ghazni, Sardeh and Nahara Rivers, which drain into it from the northeast. [3] The watershed draining into the lake covers 17,252 km 2 (6,661 sq mi) and was home to over 1.8 million people in 2003 ...
Water supply in Afghanistan is managed by the National Water Affairs Regulation Authority (NWARA), which is based in Kabul, Afghanistan. [5] The nation's water supply is characterized by a number of achievements and challenges. Among the achievements are: the expansion of rural water supply infrastructure with the active participation of ...
The Naghlu Dam in Kabul Province of Afghanistan Dams and reservoirs in Afghanistan are used for irrigation, water supply, hydro-electric power generation or a combination of these. [ 1 ] The Afghan government continues to seek technical assistance from neighboring and regional countries to build more dams.
Automatic methods of watershed delineation have been in use since the 1980s, and are now in widespread use in the science and engineering communities. Researchers have even used computer methods to delineate watersheds on Mars. [7] [8] Automated watershed delineation methods use digital data of the earth's elevation, a Digital Elevation Model ...
Afghanistan receives snow between November and March, which gradually melts into numerous rivers, streams, canals, lakes, ponds, and springs, but most of the country's fresh water continues to flow into neighboring countries. [40] It loses about two-thirds of its water to neighboring Pakistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. [12]
"Afghanistan Water Constraints: Overview Analysis" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2011 Map of Principal River Drainage Systems at page 12; Kamal, Gomal (May 10, 2004). "River basins and Watersheds of Afghanistan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011
Map of the Sistan/Helmand River drainage basin Satellite image of southern Afghanistan and Iran in dust storm. The Sistan Basin is an inland endorheic basin encompassing large parts of southwestern Afghanistan and minor parts of southeastern Iran. It is one of the driest regions in the world and an area subject to prolonged droughts.
A number of hydroelectric dams have created artificial reservoirs on some of the Afghanistan's rivers including the Kajaki Dam on the Helmand River. The chief tributary of the Helmand river, the Arghandab River (confluence at 31°27′N 64°23′E / 31.450°N 64.383°E / 31.450; 64.383 ), also has a major dam , north of Kandahar