!!!Kyrgyzstan: Geography
||Location|Central Asia, west of China, south of Kazakhstan
||Geographic Coordinates|41 00 N, 75 00 E[{GoogleMap location='41.0,75.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''199,951 sq km\\''land: ''191,801 sq km\\''water: ''8,150 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 199951\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 199898\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 198500\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 191300\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 199945\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 199951''__\\__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]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''3,051 km\\''border countries: ''China 858 km, Kazakhstan 1,224 km, Tajikistan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,099 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Kara-Daryya (Karadar'ya) 132 m\\''highest point: ''Jengish Chokusu (Pik Pobedy) 7,439 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]: Jengish Chokusu 7439 m; Hantengri Feng 6995 m; Pshavella 6918 m; Pik Voennizh Topografov 6873 m; Rapasova 6814 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Gora Kurumdy 6614 m; Gora Chok-Tal 4770 m; Gora Kashkasu 4671 m; Gora Kichi-Kashkasu 4542 m; Gora Kyzyl-Atyn 4467 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|peaks of Tien Shan and associated valleys and basins encompass entire nation
||Natural Hazards|NA
||Natural Resource|abundant hydropower; significant deposits of gold and rare earth metals; locally exploitable coal, oil, and natural gas; other deposits of nepheline, mercury, bismuth, lead, and zinc
||Land Use|''arable land: ''6.38%\\''permanent crops: ''0.37%\\''other: ''93.24%\\''__note:__ ''Kyrgyzstan has the world's largest natural-growth walnut forest (2011)
||Climate|dry continental to polar in high Tien Shan Mountains; subtropical in southwest (Fergana Valley); temperate in northern foothill zone
||Irrigated Land|10,210 sq km (2005)
||Renewable Water Resources|23.62 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|water pollution; many people get their water directly from contaminated streams and wells; as a result, water-borne diseases are prevalent; increasing soil salinity from faulty irrigation practices
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|Bishkek; Os; Celalabad; Karakol; Tokmak\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Kyrgyzstan/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; entirely mountainous, dominated by the Tien Shan range; 94% of the country is 1,000 m above sea level with an average elevation of 2,750 m; many tall peaks, glaciers, and high-altitude lakes