Map of the Sistan/Helmand River drainage basinSatellite 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. Its watershed is a system of rivers flowing from the highlands of Afghanistan into freshwater lakes and marshes and then to its ultimate destination: Afghanistan's saline Godzareh depression, part of the extensive Sistan terminal basin. The Helmand River drains the basin's largest watershed, fed mainly by snowmelt from the mountains of Hindu Kush, but other rivers contribute also.[1][2]
A basalt hill, known as Mount Khajeh, rises beside the lakes and marshes of the basin.
^"History of Environmental Change in the Sistan Basin 1976 - 2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
^"Restoration, Protection and Sustainable Use of the Sistan Basin". Retrieved 2007-07-20.
The SistanBasin is an inland endorheic basin encompassing large parts of southwestern Afghanistan and minor parts of southeastern Iran. It is one of...
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the most sparsely populated province in the country, located in the SistanBasin. A substantial part of the province is the barren desert area of Dashti...
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(−15 °F), and hot summers in the low-lying areas of the SistanBasin of the southwest, the Jalalabad basin in the east, and the Turkestan plains along the Amu...
inland drainage basin covering large parts of southern Afghanistan and Iran known as the SistanBasin. The SistanBasin is an endorheic basin and encompasses...
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region comprises territory around Hamun Lake, wetlands in endorheic SistanBasin on the Iran-Afghan border, and its primary watershed Helmand river in...
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Areas Arabian Sea Gwadar Bay Indus Plain Pothohar Plateau Salt Range SistanBasin Geology Coal fields Gas fields Minerals Oil fields Volcanoes Floods Environment...
Areas Arabian Sea Gwadar Bay Indus Plain Pothohar Plateau Salt Range SistanBasin Geology Coal fields Gas fields Minerals Oil fields Volcanoes Floods Environment...
Areas Arabian Sea Gwadar Bay Indus Plain Pothohar Plateau Salt Range SistanBasin Geology Coal fields Gas fields Minerals Oil fields Volcanoes Floods Environment...
Areas Arabian Sea Gwadar Bay Indus Plain Pothohar Plateau Salt Range SistanBasin Geology Coal fields Gas fields Minerals Oil fields Volcanoes Floods Environment...
Arabia) Wind of 120 days (a four-month-long hot and dry wind over the SistanBasin in Iran and Afghanistan) Alisio (easterly trade wind in the Caribbean)...
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