Private Investigation: Afghan geography

AFGHAN PI

Geographical situation

Southern Asia

Bordering Northern and Western Pakistan

On the East of Iran

Coordinates

33 00 N, 65 00 E

Surface

Total: 647 500 km2

Water: 0,2 km2

Land: 647 500 km2

Frontiers

Total: 5 529 km

Neighboring countries:

· China 76 km

· Iran 936 km

· Pakistan 2 430 km

· Tajikistan 1 206 km

· Turkmenistan 744 km

· Uzbekistan 137 km

Littoral

0 km (surrounded only by land)

Maritime claim: none (because surrounded only by land)

Landscape

Wild mountains

Flatlands in the north and South West

Highest altitudes

Lowest height: Amu Darya 258 m

Highest point: Nowshak 7 485 m

Relief and vegetation

· North: steppes.

· Centre: limestone mountains covered with loess

· East: Hindu Kouch, siliceous (6 000 m high)

· South: sand and desert

Climate

Continental (from – 30 to +40°C in Kabul)

1972: - 46°C, record.

Arid to semi-arid.

Insufficient snow and rain (350 mm)

Cold winters/hot summers

Environmental risks

Earthquakes provoking damage in Hindu Kush Mountains

Drought

Floods