Geography of Pakistan

Geography of Pakistan
ContinentAsia
RegionSouth Asia, Indian subcontinent
Coordinates30°00′N 70°00′E / 30.00°N 70.00°E / 30.00; 70.00
AreaRanked 33rd
 • Total881,913 km2 (340,509 sq mi)
 • Land97.14%
 • Water2.86%
Coastline1,046 km (650 mi)
BordersTotal:
7,307 km (4,540.4 mi)
Afghanistan:
2,670 km (1,659.1 mi)
China:
559 km (347.3 mi)
India:
3,320 km (2,063.0 mi)
Iran:
959 km (595.9 mi)
Highest pointK2
8,611 m (28,251 ft)
Lowest pointIndian Ocean
0 m (0.0 ft)
Longest riverIndus River
Largest lakeManchhar Lake
Exclusive economic zone290,000 km2 (110,000 sq mi)

The Geography of Pakistan (Urdu: جغرافیۂ پاکِستان) encompasses a wide variety of landscapes varying from plains to deserts, forests, and plateaus ranging from the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean in the south to the mountains of the Karakoram, Hindukush, Himalayas ranges in the north. Pakistan geologically overlaps both with the Indian and the Eurasian tectonic plates where its Sindh and Punjab provinces lie on the north-western corner of the Indian plate while Balochistan and most of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa lie within the Eurasian plate which mainly comprises the Iranian Plateau.

Pakistan is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the northwest and Iran to the west while China borders the country in the northeast. The nation is geopolitically situated within some of the most hostile regional boundaries which share disputes and have many times escalated military tensions between the nations i.e., that of Kashmir with India. Its western borders include the Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass that have served as traditional migration routes between Central Eurasia and South Asia.

At 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 sq mi), Pakistan is the 33rd largest country by area, little more than twice the size of the US state of California, and slightly larger than the Canadian province of Alberta.


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