Pakistan coastline , Pakistan Natural Resources

Pakistan

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

Map Reference : asia

Area : total: 803.940 sq km land: 778.720 sq km water: 25.220 sq km

Area Comparative: slightly less than twice the size of california

Pakistan More Facts

Land boundaries : total: 6.774 km border countries: afghanistan 2.430 km. china 523 km. india 2.912 km. iran 909 km

coastline : 186

Maritime Claims : territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
Climate: mostly hot. dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north

Terrain : flat indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; balochistan plateau in west

Elevation extremes : lowest point: indian ocean 0 m highest point: k2 (mt. godwin-austen) 8.611 m

Natural Resources :land. extensive natural gas reserves. limited petroleum. poor quality coal. iron ore. copper. salt. limestone

Land use : arable land: 27.87% permanent crops: 0.87% other: 71.26% (2001)

Irrigated Lands : 180.000 sq km (1998 est.)