Uzbekistan: Geography#
| Location | Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 41 00 N, 64 00 E 41.0,64.0 |
| Area | total: 447,400 sq km land: 425,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Sariqamish Kuli -12 m highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Khazret Sultan 4643 m; Mount Adelung 4301 m; Mount Beshtor 4299 m According to Geonames: Xo‘japiryox Tog‘ 4425 m; Gora Kyzylnura 3267 m; Ungartep Tog' 1956 m; Gora Karatag 1350 m; Gora Charantayak 1055 m 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 | mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west |
| Natural Hazards | NA |
| Natural Resource | natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum |
| Land Use | arable land: 9.61% permanent crops: 0.8% other: 89.58% (2011) |
| Climate | mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east |
| Irrigated Land | 41,980 sq km (2005) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 48.87 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | shrinkage of the Aral Sea has resulted in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification and respiratory health problems; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders; increasing soil salination; soil contamination from buried nuclear processing and agricultural chemicals, including DDT |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Tashkent; Namangan; Samarkand; Andijon; Buxoro [Verified] Important Cities |
| Geography-note | along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world |