Ubicación: Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran

Cordenadas Geográficas: 33 00 N, 65 00 E

Referencias en el mapa: Asia

Area:
total: 652,000 sq km
land: 652,000 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparativo: slightly smaller than Texas

Fronteras:
total: 5,529 km
border countries: China 76 km, Iran 936 km, Pakistan 2,430 km, Tajikistan 1,206 km, Turkmenistan 744 km, Uzbekistan 137 km

Costa: 0 km (landlocked)

Demandas Marítimas: none (landlocked)

Clima: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers

Terreno: mostly rugged mountains; plains in north and southwest

Extremos de Elevación:
lowest point: Amu Darya 258 m
highest point: Nowshak 7,485 m

Recursos Naturales: natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt, precious and semiprecious stones

Uso de Tierras:
arable land: 12%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 46%
forests and woodland: 3%
other: 39% (1993 est.)

Tierras Irrigadas: 30,000 sq km (1993 est.)

Peligros Naturales: damaging earthquakes occur in Hindu Kush mountains; flooding

Ambiente - asuntos actuales: soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification

Ambiente - acuerdos internacionales:
party to: Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban
signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation

Nota - geografía: landlocked