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Geography Of Tajikistan
Tajikistan Information - Country Guides

Location Central Asia, west of China
Geographic coordinates 39 00 N, 71 00 E
Map references asia 
Area total: 143,100 sq km
water: 400 sq km
land: 142,700 sq km
Area comparative slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries total: 3,651 km
border countries: afghanistan 1,206 km, china 414 km, kyrgyzstan 870 km, uzbekistan 1,161 km
Coastline 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims none (landlocked)
Climate midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
Terrain Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
Elevation extremes lowest point: syr darya (sirdaryo) 300 m
highest point: qullai ismoili somoni 7,495 m
Natural resources hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
Land use arable land: 6.61%
permanent crops: 0.92%
other: 92.47% (2001)
Irrigated land 7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards earthquakes and floods
Environment - current issues inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
Environment - international agreements party to: biodiversity, climate change, desertification, environmental modification, ozone layer protection, wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note 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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