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Obe District, Herat, Afghanistani
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Obe DistrictDistrict
HeratProvince
AfghanistanCountry

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Mindat Locality ID:
312476
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:312476:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Ōbêh District
Other Languages:
Italian:
distretto di Obe, Provincia di Herat, Afghanistan
Bengali:
ওবে জেলা, হেরাত প্রদেশ, আফগানিস্তান
Cebuano:
Ōbêh, Herāt, Apganistan
Dutch:
Obe District, Herat, Afghanistan
Farsi/Persian:
ولسوالی اوبه, ولایت هرات, افغانستان
Malay:
Daerah Obe, Daerah Hirat, Afghanistan
Pashto:
اوبې ولسوالۍ, هرات ولايت, افغانستان
Swedish:
Ōbêh, Herat, Afghanistan
Turkish:
Obe, Herat, Afganistan
Urdu:
اوبہ ضلع, صوبہ ہرات, افغانستان
Vietnamese:
Obe , Herat, Afghanistan
Western Punjabi:
ضلع اوبہ, صوبہ ھرات, افغانستان


Obe is a district in the northeast of Herat Province, Afghanistan. It borders on the north with Badghis Province, on the east with Chishti Sharif District, on the southeast with Farsi District, on the south with Adraskan District, and on the west with Pashtun Zarghun and Karukh districts.

The district center is the town of Obe (Owbi). The Hari River flows through the district.

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There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed269 Ma (Permian)
Oldest Fossil Listed272 Ma (Permian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Khaftkala1272.3 - 268.8 Ma (Permian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Protomichelinia
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Favositida : Micheliniidae : Protomichelinia272.3 - 268.8 Ma
Permian
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obe_District
Wikidata ID:Q2714266
GeoNames ID:7053047

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Indian Plate (India Plate)

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