!!!Azerbaijan: Geography
||Location|Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range
||Geographic Coordinates|40 30 N, 47 30 E[{GoogleMap location='40.5,47.5' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''86,600 sq km\\''land: ''82,629 sq km\\''water: ''3,971 sq km\\''__note:__ ''includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,468 km\\''border countries: ''Armenia 996 km, Georgia 428 km, Iran 689 km, Russia 338 km, Turkey 17 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Caspian Sea -28 m\\''highest point: ''Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 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 Bazarduzu 4466 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Gora Bazardyuzi 4466 m; Sahdag 4243 m; Tufandag 4197 m; Yarudag 4116 m; Gora Charundag 4080 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] 
||Terrain|large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland, much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea
||Natural Hazards|droughts
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite
||Land Use|''arable land: ''21.78%\\''permanent crops: ''2.62%\\''other: ''75.6% (2011)
||Climate|dry, semiarid steppe
||Irrigated Land|14,250 sq km (2010)
||Renewable Water Resources|34.68 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Baku; Ganca; Sumqayit; Mingacevir; Qaracuxur\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Baku; Ganja; Sumqayit; Lankaran; Mingachevir\\\\\__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 Cities|Geography/Asia/Azerbaijan/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|both the main area of the country and the Naxcivan exclave are landlocked\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Asia/Azerbaijan/Geography/Important_Rivers]\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Asia/Azerbaijan/Geography/Important_Lakes]