!!!Pakistan: Geography ||Location|Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north ||Geographic Coordinates|30 00 N, 70 00 E[{GoogleMap location='30.0,70.0' zoom='4'}] ||Area |''total: ''796,095 sq km\\''land: ''770,875 sq km\\''water: ''25,220 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]: 796095\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 796095\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 803940\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 803940\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 881889\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 796095''__\\__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: ''6,774 km\\''border countries: ''Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km ||Coastline|1,046 km ||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m ||Highest Mountains| K2 8612 m; Nanga Parbat 8125 m; Gasherbrum 8068 m; Broad Peak 8047 m; Gasherbrum II 8035 m\\[[__Verified__]\\__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/Pakistan/Geography/Important_Mountains] ||Terrain|flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west ||Natural Hazards|frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) ||Natural Resource|land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone ||Land Use|''arable land: ''26.02%\\''permanent crops: ''1.05%\\''other: ''72.93% (2011) ||Climate|mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north ||Irrigated Land|199,900 sq km (2008) ||Renewable Water Resources|246.8 cu km (2011) ||Environment_CurrentIssues|water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural freshwater resources; most of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification ||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Marine Life Conservation ||Large Cities|Karachi; Lahore; Faisalabad; Rawalpindi; Multan\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Pakistan/Geography/Important_Cities] ||Geography-note|controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Asia/Pakistan/Geography/Important_Lakes]