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| Location: |
Central Asia, west of China
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| Geographic coordinates: |
39 00 N, 71 00 E
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| Map references: |
Commonwealth of Independent States
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| Area: |
total:
143,100 sq km
land:
142,700 sq km
water:
400 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Wisconsin
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
3,651 km
border countries:
Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked)
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| Climate: |
midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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| Terrain: |
Pamir and Alay mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Syrdariya 300 m
highest point:
Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7,495 m
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| Natural resources: |
hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
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| Land use: |
arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
4%
other:
65% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
6,390 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Environment - current issues: |
inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides; part of the basin of the shrinking Aral Sea suffers from severe overutilization of available water for irrigation and associated pollution
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
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| Geography - note: |
landlocked
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