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| 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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