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Uzbekistan
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Central Asia, north of Afghanistan
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Commonwealth of Independent States - Central Asian States
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total area:
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447,400 sq km
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land area:
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425,400 sq km
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comparative area:
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slightly larger than California
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total 6,221 km, Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099
km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km
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0 km
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Uzbekistan borders the Aral Sea (420 km)
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none; landlocked
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none
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mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid
grassland in east
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mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely
irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya and Sirdaryo Rivers;
Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan;
shrinking Aral Sea in west
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natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc,
tungsten, molybdenum
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arable land:
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10%
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permanent crops:
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1%
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meadows and pastures:
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47%
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forest and woodland:
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0%
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other:
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42%
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41,550 sq km (1990)
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current issues:
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drying up of the Aral Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of chemical
pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the
increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification; water
pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and
pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing soil
salinization; soil contamination from agricultural chemicals, including DDT
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natural hazards:
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NA
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international agreements:
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party to - Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer
Protection
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landlocked