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Iran is located in Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan, in the timezone GMT 3.5. The country has
boundaries of 5,440 - Afghanistan 936, Armenia 35, Azerbaijan-proper 432, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179, Iraq 1,458, Pakistan 909, Turkey 499, Turkmenistan 992 (km), and a coastline of 2,440 (plus 740 km border with the Caspian Sea) (km). Major urban areas: Tehran, Abadan, Isfahan, Mashhad, Shiraz.
Elevations
Lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m
Highest point: Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m
Physical Features
Elburz Mountains, Zagros Mountains, Caspian Sea (371,000 km2), Kavir desert (260,000 km2)
Hazards
Periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes along western border and in the northeast
Climate
Mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Natural Resources
Petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
Land Use
Arable land: 9.78% permanent crops: 1.29% other: 88.93% (2005)
Renewable Water Resources
137.5 cu km (1997)
Fresh Water Withdrawal
total: 72.88 cu km/yr (7%/2%/91%) per capita: 1,048 cu m/yr (2000)
Environmental Issues
Air pollution, especially in urban areas, from vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents; deforestation; overgrazing; desertification; oil pollution in the Persian Gulf; wetland losses from drought; soil degradation (salination); inadequate supplies of potable water; water pollution from raw sewage and industrial waste; urbanization
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