This polygon shapefile shows the lakes of the Helmand Province in Afghanistan for 2005. This layer is part of the Topographic Maps of Afghanistan and Kabul dataset which contains shapefiles relating to district and provincial boundaries, land use, transportation, buildings and structures, rivers, settlements and other specific city data. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. Afghanistan Information Management Service (2005). Lakes: Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 2005. Afghanistan Information Management Service. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/py949cn6472
