TOTAL AREA: 488,100 sq km
LAND AREA: 469,930 sq km
WATER AREA: 18,170 sq km
CLIMATE DESCRIPTION: subtropical desert
TERRAIN DESCRIPTION: flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west
ARABLE LAND USE: 3.89%
PERMANENT CROP LAND USE: 0.12%
IRRIGATED LAND: 19,910 sq km
TOTAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 24.77 cu km
TOTAL FRESHWATER WITHDRAWL: 27.95 cu km/yr
PER PERSON FRESHWATER WITHDRAWAL: 5,752 cu m/yr
NATURAL HAZARDS DESCRIPTION: N/A
ENVIROMENTAL CURRENT ISSUES: contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the Amu Darya into irrigation contributes to that river's inability to replenish the Aral Sea; desertification
TOTAL LABOR FORCE: 2.3 million
% OF LABOR FORCE IN AGRICULTURE: 48.2%
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: cotton, grain, melons; livestock
LAND AREA: 469,930 sq km
WATER AREA: 18,170 sq km
CLIMATE DESCRIPTION: subtropical desert
TERRAIN DESCRIPTION: flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west
ARABLE LAND USE: 3.89%
PERMANENT CROP LAND USE: 0.12%
IRRIGATED LAND: 19,910 sq km
TOTAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 24.77 cu km
TOTAL FRESHWATER WITHDRAWL: 27.95 cu km/yr
PER PERSON FRESHWATER WITHDRAWAL: 5,752 cu m/yr
NATURAL HAZARDS DESCRIPTION: N/A
ENVIROMENTAL CURRENT ISSUES: contamination of soil and groundwater with agricultural chemicals, pesticides; salination, water logging of soil due to poor irrigation methods; Caspian Sea pollution; diversion of a large share of the flow of the Amu Darya into irrigation contributes to that river's inability to replenish the Aral Sea; desertification
TOTAL LABOR FORCE: 2.3 million
% OF LABOR FORCE IN AGRICULTURE: 48.2%
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: cotton, grain, melons; livestock