Tajikistan: Geography#
| Location | Central Asia, west of China, south of Kyrgyzstan |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 39 00 N, 71 00 E 39.0,71.0 |
| Area | total: 143,100 sq km land: 141,510 sq km water: 2,590 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 3,651 km border countries: Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km, Uzbekistan 1,161 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m highest point: Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Pik Imeni Ismail Samani 7495 m; Pik Lenin 7134 m; Peak Korzhenevskaya 7106 m; Pik Revolution 6940 m; Pik Marshal Zhukov 6842 m According to Geonames: Concord Peak 5469 m; Kuhi Palsaldi 5274 m; Kuhi Glan 5237 m; Kuhi Kutoztushagon 5056 m; Kuhi Bozaygir 4870 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 | Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest |
| Natural Hazards | earthquakes; floods |
| Natural Resource | hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold |
| Land Use | arable land: 5.96% permanent crops: 0.91% other: 93.13% (2011) |
| Climate | midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains |
| Irrigated Land | 7,421 sq km (2009) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 21.91 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Dushanbe; Khujand; Kulob; Qurgonteppa; Uroteppa Dushanbe; Khujand; Kulob; Qurghonteppa; Istaravshan [List Verified] Explanation: The city ranked 5th (Istaravshan) is called (Uroteppa) in Tajik Important Cities |
| Geography-note | landlocked; mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR |