Geography (Tajikistan)
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     Total area:
         143,100 km2
     Land area:
         142,700 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly smaller than Wisconsin
     Land boundaries:
         3,651 km total; Afghanistan 1,206 km, China 414 km, Kyrgyzstan 870 km,
         Uzbekistan 1,161 km
     Coastline:
         none - landlocked
     Maritime claims:
         none - landlocked
     Disputes:
         boundary with China under dispute
     Climate:
         midlatitude semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
     Terrain:
         Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in
         north, Kafirnigan and Vakhsh Valleys in southeast
     Natural resources:
         significant hydropower potential, petroleum, uranium, mercury, small
         production of petroleum, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten
     Land use:
         6% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows and pastures; NA% forest
         and woodland; NA% other; includes NA% irrigated
     Environment:
         NA
     Note:
         landlocked