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| Location | Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north |
| Geographic coordinates | 30 00 N, 70 00 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area |
total: 803,940 sq km land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly less than twice the size of California |
| Land boundaries |
total: 6,774 km border countries: afghanistan 2,430 km, china 523 km, india 2,912 km, iran 909 km |
| Coastline | 1,046 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
| Terrain | flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: indian ocean 0 m highest point: k2 (mt. godwin-austen) 8,611 m |
| Natural resources | land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
| Land use |
arable land: 27.87% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 71.26% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 180,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
| Environment - current issues | water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, environmental modification, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, marine dumping, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: marine life conservation |
| Geography note | controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent |
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