Geography Of Tajikistan

Location	Central Asia, west of China
Geographic coordinates	39 00 N, 71 00 E
Map references	asia
Area	total: 143,100 sq km water: 400 sq km land: 142,700 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries	total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Terrain	Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
Natural resources	hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
Land use	arable land: 6.61% permanent crops: 0.92% other: 92.47% (2001)
Irrigated land	7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	earthquakes and floods
Environment - current issues	inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	landlocked; mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR

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

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