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<text id=93CT1091>
<title>
Pakistan--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Pakistan
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: South Asia, along the Arabian Sea, between India and
Afghanistan
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 803,940 km2</l>
<l> land area: 778,720 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of
California</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 6,774 km, Afghanistan 2,430 km, China
523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 1,046 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 nm or the edge of continental
margin</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: status of Kashmir with India; border
question with Afghanistan (Durand Line); water-sharing problems
(Wular Barrage) over the Indus with upstream riparian India
</p>
<p>Climate: mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest;
arctic in north
</p>
<p>Terrain: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and
northwest; Balochistan plateau in west
</p>
<p>Natural resources: land, extensive natural gas reserves,
limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt,
limestone
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 26%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 6%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 4%</l>
<l> other: 64%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 162,200 km2 (1989)
</p>
<p>Environment: frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe
especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after
heavy rains (July and August); deforestation; soil erosion;
desertification; water logging
</p>
<p>Note: controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional
invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent
</p></body></article></text>