!!!Armenia: Geography
||Location|Southwestern Asia, between Turkey (to the west) and Azerbaijan
||Geographic Coordinates|40 00 N, 45 00 E[{GoogleMap location='40.0,45.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''29,743 sq km\\''land: ''28,203 sq km\\''water: ''1,540 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''1,570 km\\''border countries: ''Azerbaijan 996 km, Georgia 219 km, Iran 44 km, Turkey 311 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Debed River 400 m\\''highest point: ''Aragats Lerrnagagat' 4,090 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]:  Mount Aragats  4090 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Aragats Lerrnagagat 4094 m; Azhdahak Lerr 3597 m; Aghdagh Lerr 3576 m; Vardenis Lerr 3522 m; Gora Astkhonk 3470 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Asia/Armenia/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley
||Natural Hazards|occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts
||Natural Resource|small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite
||Land Use|''arable land: ''14.47%\\''permanent crops: ''1.8%\\''other: ''83.74% (2011)
||Climate|highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
||Irrigated Land|2,735 sq km (2006)
||Renewable Water Resources|7.77 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
||Large Cities|Yerevan; Gyumri; Vanadzor; Vagharshapat; Hrazdan\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Armenia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Asia/Armenia/Geography/Important_Rivers]