Total area: 803,940 km2
land area: 778,720 km2

Comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of California

Land boundaries: 6,774 km total
Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km

Coastline: 1,046 km

Maritime claims: @m5Contiguous zone: 24 nm
@m5Continental shelf: edge of continental margin or 200 nm
@m5Extended economic zone: 200 nm
@m5Territorial sea: 12 nm

Disputes: boundary with India; Pashtun question with Afghanistan; Baluch question with Afghanistan and Iran

Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north

Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Baluchistan plateau in west

Natural resources: land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited crude oil, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone

Land use: 26% arable land; NEGL% permanent crops; 6% meadows and pastures; 4% forest and woodland; 64% other; includes 19% irrigated

Environment: frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August); deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; water logging

Note: controls Khyber Pass and Malakand Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent

NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Pakistan Geography 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan Geography 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.