Geographic location: Central Asia Longitude: 41 00 N Latitude: 64 00 E Land bordaries: Total: 6,221 km Afghanistan: 137 km Kazakhstan: 2,203 km Kyrgyzstan: 1,099 km Tajikistan: 1,161 km Turkmenistan: 1,621 km

u z b e k i s t a n

Area: Total: 447,400 sq km
water: 22,000 sq km
land: 425,400 sq km

Land use:
arable land: 10.8%
permanent crops: 0.91%
other: 88.29% (1998 est.)

Irrigated land: 42,810 sq km (1998 est.)

Terrain: Mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; Fergana valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west

Elevation extremes: Highest: Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m. Lowest: Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m