!!!Bhutan: Geography
||Location|Southern Asia, between China and India
||Geographic Coordinates|27 30 N, 90 30 E[{GoogleMap location='27.5,90.5' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''38,394 sq km\\''land: ''38,394 sq km\\''water: ''0 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]: 38394\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 38394\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 47000\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 47000\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 38394\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 38394''__\\__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: ''1,136 km\\''border countries: ''China 477 km, India 659 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Drangeme Chhu 97 m\\''highest point: ''Gangkar Puensum 7,570 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]: Gangkar Punsum 7570 m; Kula Kangri 7538 m; Chomolhari 7314 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Gangkhar Puensum 7570 m; Liangkang Kangri 7534 m; Cho-mo-la-li Shan 7314 m; Kangphu Kang I 7220 m; Tongshanjiabu 7207 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/Bhutan/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|mostly mountainous with some fertile valleys and savanna
||Natural Hazards|violent storms from the Himalayas are the source of the country's name, which translates as Land of the Thunder Dragon; frequent landslides during the rainy season
||Natural Resource|timber, hydropower, gypsum, calcium carbonate
||Land Use|''arable land: ''2.49%\\''permanent crops: ''0.46%\\''other: ''97.06% (2011)
||Climate|varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas
||Irrigated Land|319.1 sq km (2010)
||Renewable Water Resources|78 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|soil erosion; limited access to potable water
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection\\''signed, but not ratified: ''Law of the Sea
||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]: Thimphu; Phuentsholing; Gelaphu; Gedu; Samtse\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Thimphu; Punakha; Tsirang; Phuntsholing; Pemagatshel\\\\\__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/Bhutan/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; strategic location between China and India; controls several key Himalayan mountain passes