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GEOGHRAPHY OF 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.
GEOGHRAPHIC COORDINATES
30 00 N, 70 00 E
CONTINENET
Asia
AREA
total: 803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km
water: 25,220 sq km
BOUNDRIES
total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km
Coastline: 1,046 km
MARITIME CLAIMS
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm
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
ELEVATIONS 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%
permanent crops: 1%
permanent pastures: 6%
forests and woodland: 5%
other: 61% (1993 est.)
IRRIGATED LAND
171,100 sq km (1993 est.)
NATURAL HAZARDS
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west;
flooding
along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
ENVIRONMENT
water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and
agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; a majority of the population
does not have
access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification
INTERNATIONAL-ENVIRONMENT AGREEMENTS
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered
Species, Environmental
Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection,
Ship
Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation
NOTE
controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes
between
Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
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