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Uzbekistan Geography 1996

Location:

Central Asia, north of Afghanistan

Map references:

Commonwealth of Independent States - Central Asian States

Area:

total area:

447,400 sq km

land area:

425,400 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than California

Land boundaries:

total 6,221 km, Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km

Coastline:

0 km

note:

Uzbekistan borders the Aral Sea (420 km)

Maritime claims:

none; landlocked

International disputes:

none

Climate:

mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east

Terrain:

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

Natural resources:

natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum

Land use:

arable land:

10%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

47%

forest and woodland:

other:

42%

Irrigated land:

41,550 sq km (1990)

Environment:

current issues:

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

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Climate Change, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection

Note:

landlocked

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