Geography Of Afghanistan

Location	Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Geographic coordinates	33 00 N, 65 00 E
Map references	asia
Area	total: 647,500 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 647,500 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries	total: 5,529 km border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Terrain	mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m
Natural resources	natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones
Land use	arable land: 12.13% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 87.65% (2001)
Irrigated land	23,860 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding; droughts
Environment - current issues	limited natural fresh water resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping signed, but not ratified: Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation
Geography note	landlocked; the Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country; the highest peaks are in the northern Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor)

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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