The water may be reflecting the color of the blue sky (or the reds  of sunset, or the gray of clouds), but an intrinsic blue color is  caused by the refraction and scatterin â¦ g of visible light by the  water. Different water qualities and depth can change the  particular hue of blue.
Balad, Iraq. Balad (Arabic: Ø¨ÙØ¯ââ), also transliterated Beled or Belad, is a city in the Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of the national capital, Baghdad. It is the capital of Balad District.
Kabul Province. KÄbul (Pashto: Ú©Ø§Ø¨Ù KÄbÉl, Persian: Ú©Ø§Ø¨Ù KÄbol), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. There are about 3.5 million people living in the province as of 2009.