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 |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 30 00 N, 70 00 E 30.0,70.0 |
| 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: 796095 DBpedia: 796095 Geoname: 803940 Infoplease: 803940 Britannica: 881889 Wolfram: 796095 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @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 nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org 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-note | controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent Important Lakes |