Geography Band-e Amir National Park

band-e amir national park seen space

band-e amir situated @ approximately 75 km north-west of ancient city of bamyan, close town of yakawlang. bamiyan vally, heart of afghanistan s tourism, attracting thousands of tourists every year , every corner of world. 6 constituent lakes of band-e amir are:

band-e gholaman (lake of slaves)
band-e qambar (lake of caliph ali s slave)
band-e haibat (lake of grandiose)
band-e panir (lake of cheese)
band-e pudina (lake of wild mint)
band-e zulfiqar (lake of sword of ali)

band-e haibat biggest , deepest of six, average depth of approximately 150 metres, estimated provincial reconstruction team diving team new zealand.

the white travertine dams created fault lines, prevalent in band-e amir valley, form barriers between lakes.

another comparable lake band-e azhdahar (the dragon), located few kilometres southeast of town of bamyan, has been created result of carbon dioxide rich water oozing out of faults underground , depositing calcium carbonate precipitate form travertine walls of band-e amir.

the band-e amir lakes late spring , summertime tourism destination, high elevation central hazarajat region of afghanistan extremely cold in winter, temperatures reaching low -20c.