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MAP LOCATION

AGCHO quadrangles shown in blue

USGS/AGS quadrangle shown in red

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70°E 72°E

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USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 2005–1113-B

AGS OPEN–FILE REPORT (419/420/601/602) 2005–1113-B

USGS Afghanistan Project Product No. 060

TOPOGRAPHIC MAP OF QUADRANGLES 3260 AND 3160, DASHT-E-CHAHE-MAZAR (419), ANARDARA (420), ASPARAN (601),

 AND KANG (602) QUADRANGLES, AFGHANISTAN

Compiled by

Robert G. Bohannon

2005

Roads; improved or unimproved

Province boundary

Streams; mostly intermittent

Playa lake

Peaks; elevations in meters

City, town, or village

EXPLANATION

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DATA SUMMARY

This map was produced from several larger digital datasets. Topography was derived from Shuttle Radar Topography 

Mission (SRTM) 85-meter digital data. Gaps in the original dataset were filled with data digitized from contours on 

1:200,000-scale Soviet General Staff Sheets (1978–1997). Contours were generated by cubic convolution averaged over four 

pixels using TNTmips1 surface-modeling capabilities. Minor artifacts resulting from the auto-contouring technique are present. 

Streams were auto-generated from the SRTM data in TNTmips as flow paths. Flow paths were limited in number by their 

Horton value on a quadrangle-by-quadrangle basis. Peak elevations were averaged over an area measuring 85 m by 85 m 

(represented by one pixel), and they are slightly lower than the highest corresponding point on the ground. Cultural data were 

extracted from files downloaded from the Afghanistan Information Management Service (AIMS) Web site 

(http://www.aims.org.af). The AIMS files were originally derived from maps produced by the Afghanistan Geodesy and 

Cartography Head Office (AGCHO). Because cultural features were not derived from the SRTM base, they do not match it 

precisely. Province boundaries are not exactly located.

This map is part of a series that includes a geologic map, a topographic map, a Landsat natural-color-image map, and a 

Landsat false-color-image map for the USGS/AGS (Afghan Geological Survey) quadrangles covering Afghanistan. The maps 

for any given quadrangle have the same open-file number but a different letter suffix, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the 

geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively. The present map series is to be 

followed by a second series, in which the geology is reinterpreted on the basis of analysis of remote-sensing data, limited 

fieldwork, and library research. The second series is to be produced by the USGS in cooperation with the AGS and AGCHO.

1

Geospatial analysis software developed by MicroImages, Inc., Lincoln, NE 68508-2010.

Base from Shuttle Radar Topography Mission 

(SRTM) 85-meter digital data

Cultural data from digital files from AIMS Web site 

(http://www.aims.org.af)

Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator, zone 41, 

WGS 84 Datum

Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive 

purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the 

U.S. Government.

AFGHAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey and the Afghanistan Geodesy and Cartography Head Office

Under the auspices of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

MINISTRY OF M INES AND INDUSTRIES

THE HEAD OFFIC E OF GEODESY & CARTOGRAPHY

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