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| Location | Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey |
| Geographic coordinates | 40 00 N, 45 00 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area |
total: 29,800 sq km water: 1,400 sq km land: 28,400 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than Maryland |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,254 km border countries: azerbaijan-proper 566 km, azerbaijan-naxcivan exclave 221 km, georgia 164 km, iran 35 km, turkey 268 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | highland continental, hot summers, cold winters |
| Terrain | Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: debed river 400 m highest point: aragats lerrnagagat' 4,090 m |
| Natural resources | small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, alumina |
| Land use |
arable land: 17.55% permanent crops: 2.3% other: 80.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 2,870 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts |
| Environment - current issues | soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: air pollution, biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, wetlands signed, but not ratified: air pollution-persistent organic pollutants |
| Geography note | landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range |
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