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🔥Camping Stove - Portable stoves to cook outdoors with ease

🛶Kayak Dry Bag - Waterproof storage for kayaking adventures

🧴Waterproofing Spray - Restore the DWR coating on jackets and tents

🥾Hiking Gaiters - Protect legs and shoes from mud, snow, and debris

🥾Trail Hiking Socks - Comfortable socks to prevent blisters and fatigue

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Balkh topographic maps

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Balkh

Afghanistan > Balkh Province > Balkh

Historically, the site of present-day Balkh was held in considerably high regard due to its religious and political significance in Ariana. A hub of Zoroastrianism and Buddhism, the ancient city was also known to the Persians as Zariaspa and to the Greeks as Bactra, giving its name to Bactria. As such, it was…

Average elevation: 348 m