Geography of Tajikistan
Location:
Central Asia, west of China
Geographic coordinates:
39 00 N, 71 00 E
Map references:
Commonwealth of Independent States
Area:
Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Wisconsin
Land boundaries:
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:
Natural resources:
hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal[?], lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten
Land use:
Irrigated land:
6,390 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards:
NA
Environment - current issues:
inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides; part of the basin of the shrinking Aral Sea suffers from severe overutilization of available water for irrigation and associated pollution
Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
landlocked
total:
143,100 sq km
land:
142,700 sq km
water:
400 sq km
total:
3,651 km
border countries:
Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km
lowest point:
Syrdariya 300 m
highest point:
Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7,495 m
arable land:
6%
permanent crops:
0%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
4%
other:
65% (1993 est.)
party to:
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements