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Location:
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Central Asia, west of China
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Geographic coordinates:
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39 00 N, 71 00 E
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Map references:
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Asia
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Area:
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total: 143,100 sq km
water: 400 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
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Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Wisconsin
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Land boundaries:
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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:
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0 km (landlocked)
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Maritime claims:
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none (landlocked)
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Climate:
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midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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Terrain:
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Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
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Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
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Natural resources:
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hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
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Land use:
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arable land: 5.41%
permanent crops: 0.92%
other: 93.67% (1998 est.)
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Irrigated land:
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7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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Natural hazards:
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earthquakes and floods
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Environment - current issues:
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inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
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Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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Geography - note:
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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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