Afghanistan coastline , Afghanistan Natural Resources

Afghanistan

Location : southern asia. north and west of pakistan. east of iran

Geographic Coordinates : 33 00 n. 65 00 e

Map Reference : asia

Area : total: 647.500 sq km land: 647.500 sq km water: 0 sq km

Area Comparative: slightly smaller than texas

Afghanistan More Facts

Land boundaries : total: 5.529 km border countries: china 76 km. iran 936 km. pakistan 2.430 km. tajikistan 1.206 km. turkmenistan 744 km. uzbekistan 137 km

coastline : 0

Maritime Claims : none (landlocked)
Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Terrain : mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest

Elevation extremes : lowest point: amu darya 258 m highest point: nowshak 7.485 m

Natural Resources :natural gas. petroleum. coal. copper. chromite. talc. barites. sulfur. lead. zinc. iron ore. salt. precious and semiprecious stones

Land use : arable land: 12.13% permanent crops: 0.22% other: 87.65% (2001)

Irrigated Lands : 23.860 sq km (1998 est.)