חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north |
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Geographic coordinates: |
30 00 N, 70 00 E |
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Map references: |
Asia |
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Area: |
total: 803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of California |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km |
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Coastline: |
1,046 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Climate: |
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
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Terrain: |
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m |
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Natural resources: |
land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
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Land use: |
arable land: 27.87%
permanent crops: 0.87% other: 71.26% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
180,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
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Environment - current issues: |
water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
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Geography - note: |
controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent |
More about Pakistan:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
|
Location: |
Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north |
|
Geographic coordinates: |
30 00 N, 70 00 E |
|
Map references: |
Asia |
|
Area: |
total: 803,940 sq km
land: 778,720 sq km water: 25,220 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than twice the size of California |
|
Land boundaries: |
total: 6,774 km
border countries: Afghanistan 2,430 km, China 523 km, India 2,912 km, Iran 909 km |
|
Coastline: |
1,046 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Climate: |
mostly hot, dry desert; temperate in northwest; arctic in north |
|
Terrain: |
flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west |
|
Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: K2 (Mt. Godwin-Austen) 8,611 m |
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Natural resources: |
land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone |
|
Land use: |
arable land: 27.87%
permanent crops: 0.87% other: 71.26% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
180,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August) |
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Environment - current issues: |
water pollution from raw sewage, industrial wastes, and agricultural runoff; limited natural fresh water resources; a majority of the population does not have access to potable water; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification |
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Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Marine Life Conservation |
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Geography - note: |
controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass, traditional invasion routes between Central Asia and the Indian Subcontinent |
More about Pakistan: