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76 E. of GREENWICH. 17 A 80 51 B 77 74 C 20 D 78

Latitude 38°, altitude 50°, Triangulation 50°. Index to localities Published under the direction of Colonel G. H. D. Ryder, C.I.E., D.S.O., R.E. (I.S.), Surveyor General of India. Index to adjoining sheets. Spring, Well (Karez)
Heights in thousands by aneometer 1077 (1000) 1921. Watch road
Heights by barometer or hypsometer Scale 1 : 500,000 or 1·914 Inches to 8 Miles Cross roads and paths with pass
Perennial river (approximate) Telegraph line
Drift sand plain Tamarisk, Brachystegia shrubs, beyond loess
Gravel (tamarisk, Halox, Nitraria) Fort, ancient, recent, ruins
Hard salt plain Temporarily occupied site
Hard salt alternated clay Freshwater well, ancient, recent
Soft salt alternated clay Walled town, ancient, ruined, Ruined mound (Stupa)
Cultivation, abandoned Ancient site, approximate (Lop) not in
Edge of cultivation, etc., where surveyed Route with camp, 1900-01
Reeds or low scrub, living, dead Route with camp, 1906-08
Sandy scrub with scrub or jungle Route with camp, 1913-15
Tamarisk cones, living, dead Course of Sir A. Stein or Mr. Cassal lines in 1913-15
Wild poplars (Toghrak) living, dead Course of Sir A. Stein and Atlas Dar in 1913-15
Tamarisks living, dead Conifers Course of R. B. Lal Singh in 1913-15

EXPLANATION OF SOME TURKI AND CHINESE TERMS

Abad Spring Kol, Kul Lake Mahalla Village
Chai Affluent Pam River Qum Quasi-independent
Dagh Mountain Parvad Hamlet Shan Mountain
Darbin Pass Paya Pasture Shui (Shui-) River
Darya River Qara (-) Black (-) Tagh Mountain
Ak (Ak-) White (-) Qol River, Ravine Toghrak Poplar
Kara (-) Black (-) Qum Sand Yar Ravine
Karaul Watch-post Qum-i- Sandy desert Yailak Summer ground

[Distances in which geodetic control exists are shown in blue.]