Total Area: 447,400 sq km
Land Area: 425,400 sq km
Water Area: 22,000 sq km
Size Comparative to U.S. Territory: slightly larger than California
All Countries Which Share a Border: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
Total Distance of All Land Boundaries: 6,221 km
Total Distance of Coastline: 0 km (doubly landlocked)
Description of Climate: mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Description of Terrain: mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zarafshon; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mountainous Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; shrinking Aral Sea in west
Point of Lowest Elevation: Sariqamish Kuli (-12 m)
Point of Highest Elevation: Adelunga Toghi (4,301 m)