Central Asia, west of China

39 00 N, 71 00 E

Commonwealth of Independent States

total: 143,100 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
water: 400 sq km

slightly smaller than Wisconsin

total: 3,651 km
border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870
km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km

0 km (landlocked)

none (landlocked)

midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid
to polar in Pamir Mountains

Pamir and Alay mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana
Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest

lowest point: Syrdariya 300 m
highest point: Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7,495 m

hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown
coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten

arable land: 6%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 25%
forests and woodland: 4%
other: 65% (1993 est.)

6,390 sq km (1993 est.)

NA

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

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental
Modification, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

landlocked