Geographic coordinates:
33 00 N, 65 00 E
Location:
Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Map references:
Asia
Area:
647,500 sq km
land:
647,500 sq km
border countries:
China (76 km), Tajikistan (1,206 km), Iran (936 km), Pakistan (2,430 km), Turkmenistan (744 km) and Uzbekistan (137 km).
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Climate: arid to semiarid: hot summers and cold winters.
Natural resources:
natural gas, petroleum, coal,talc, barites, iron ore, salt, sulfur, copper, lead, zinc, precious and semiprecious stones.
forests and woodland:
(3%).
