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Geographic coordinates: 33 00 N, 65 00 E
Location: Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran
Map references: Asia
Area: 647,500 sq km
land: 647,500 sq km
border countries: China (76 km), Tajikistan (1,206 km), Iran (936 km), Pakistan (2,430 km), Turkmenistan (744 km) and Uzbekistan (137 km).
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Climate: arid to semiarid: hot summers and cold winters.
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal,talc, barites, iron ore, salt, sulfur, copper, lead, zinc, precious and semiprecious stones.
forests and woodland: (3%).