| Geography | Pakistan |
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Location:
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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:
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30 00 N, 70 00 E |
Map references:
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Asia |
Area:
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total: 803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km
water: 25,220 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly less than twice the size of California |
Land boundaries:
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total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km |
Coastline:
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1,046 km |
Maritime claims:
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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:
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mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
Terrain:
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flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m |
Natural resources:
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land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
Land use:
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arable land: 24.44%
permanent crops: 0.84%
other: 74.72% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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182,300 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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233.8 cu km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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1,327 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 169.39 cu km/yr (2%/2%/96%)
Per capita: 1,072 cu m/yr (2000) |
Natural hazards:
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frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
Environment - current issues:
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water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; most of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
Geography - note:
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controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent |
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