| Climate Tajikistan :
| midlatitude continental, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid to polar in Pamir Mountains
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| Terrain Tajikistan :
| Pamir and Alay Mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest
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| Elevation extremes lowest Tajikistan :
| Syr Darya (Sirdaryo) 300 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Tajikistan :
| Qullai Ismoili Somoni 7,495 m
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| Natural resources Tajikistan :
| hydropower, some petroleum, uranium, mercury, brown coal, lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, silver, gold
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| Land use arableland Tajikistan :
| 6,61%
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| Irrigated land Tajikistan :
| 7,200 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Tajikistan :
| earthquakes and floods
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| Environment current issues Tajikistan :
| inadequate sanitation facilities; increasing levels of soil salinity; industrial pollution; excessive pesticides
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| Geography note Tajikistan :
| landlocked; mountainous region dominated by the Trans-Alay Range in the north and the Pamirs in the southeast; highest point, Qullai Ismoili Somoni (formerly Communism Peak), was the tallest mountain in the former USSR
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