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Geography
Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
40 00 N, 45 00 E
Area: 
total: 29,743 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
142
land: 28,203 sq km
water: 1,540 sq km
slightly smaller than Maryland
total: 1,254 km
border countries: Azerbaijan-proper 566 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
highland continental, hot summers, cold winters
Armenian Highland with mountains; little forest land; fast flowing rivers; good soil in Aras River valley
lowest point: Debed River 400 m
highest point: Aragats Lerrnagagat’ 4,090 m
small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite
arable land: 16.78%
permanent crops: 2.01%
other: 81.21% (2005)
2,860 sq km (2003)
10.5 cu km (1997)
total: 2.95 cu km/yr (30%/4%/66%)
per capita: 977 cu m/yr (2000)
occasionally severe earthquakes; droughts
soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT; the energy crisis of the 1990s led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood; pollution of Hrazdan (Razdan) and Aras Rivers; the draining of Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant in spite of its location in a seismically active zone
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains; Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range
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