GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF PAKISTAN IN THE WORLD MAP

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: 796,095 sq km country comparison to the world: 36 land: 770,875 sq km water: 25,220 sq km
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
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
Climate:
Current Weather 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
Natural resources:
land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum, good quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone,gold
Land use:
arable land: 24.44% permanent crops: 0.84% other: 74.72% (2005)
Irrigated land:
182,300 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources:
233.8 cu km (2003)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 169.39 cu km/yr (2%/2%/96%) per capita: 1,072 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards:
frequent earthquakes, occasionally severe especially in north and west ; flooding along the Indus after heavy rains (July and August)
Environment - current issues:
water pollution from raw sewage, industrial  wastes, and agricultural runoff; poor performance of the leaders have made the hardworking people suffer.
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,  Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,  Wetlands Marine Life Conservation
Geography - note:
controls Khyber Pass and Bolan Pass,  traditional invasion routes  between Central Asia and the   Indian Subcontinent.