| Location | Central Asia, north of Turkmenistan, south of Kazakhstan |
| Geographic coordinates | 41 00 N, 64 00 E |
| Map references | Asia |
| Area | total: 447,400 sq km land: 425,400 sq km water: 22,000 sq km |
| Area - comparative | about four times the size of Virginia; slightly larger than California |
| Land boundaries | total: 6,893 km border countries (5): Afghanistan 144 km, Kazakhstan 2330 km, Kyrgyzstan 1314 km, Tajikistan 1312 km, Turkmenistan 1793 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (doubly landlocked); note - Uzbekistan includes the southern portion of the Aral Sea with a 420 km shoreline |
| Maritime claims | none (doubly landlocked) |
| Climate | mostly mid-latitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east |
| 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 |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m lowest point: Sariqamish Kuli -12 m |
| Natural resources | natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum |
| Land use | agricultural land: 62.6% (2018 est.) arable land: 10.1% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 0.8% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 51.7% (2018 est.) forest: 7.7% (2018 est.) other: 29.7% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 42,150 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 48.87 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | earthquakes; floods; landslides or mudslides; avalanches; droughts |
| Geography - note | along with Liechtenstein, one of the only two doubly landlocked countries in the world |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
