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GeographyLocation
Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan Geographic coordinates
41 00 N, 64 00 E
Map references
Asia
Area World Ranking: 57
Total 447,400 sq km
Land 425,400 sq km Water 22,000 sq km Area - comparative
Slightly larger than California Land boundaries
Total 6,221 km
Border countries Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km Coastline
0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline Maritime claims
None (doubly landlocked)
Climate
Mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east Terrain
Mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west Elevation extremes
Lowest point Sariqamish Kuli -12 m
Highest point Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m Natural resources
Natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum Land use
Arable land 10.51%
Permanent crops 0.76% Other 88.73% (2005) Irrigated land
42,230 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources
72.2 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)
Total 58.34 cu km/yr (5%/2%/93%)
Per capita 2,194 cu m/yr (2000) Natural hazards
NA
Environment - current issues
Shrinkage of the Aral Sea has resulted in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification and respiratory health problems; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing soil salination; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and agricultural chemicals, including DDT Environment - international agreements
Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands Signed, but not ratified None of the selected agreements Geography - note
Along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world
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