Geographical position of Uzbekistan

Geographical position of Uzbekistan

Geographically, Uzbekistan is located at about the same latitude as the Mediterranean states, such as Spain, Italy, and Greece. However, the weather conditions of Uzbekistan are significantly different from the conditions of these subtropical states. This is explained by the fact that the territory of Uzbek republic is considerably removed from warm oceans and seas, as it is located inside the Eurasian continent. From the south, high mountains prevent the penetration of moist and warm air masses from the Indian Ocean, but the way to the cold air flows is open from the north. In this regard, Uzbekistan has a special climate peculiar to the desert (summer is cloudless, with lots of sunny days, arid, hot, and winter is relatively cold).

Most of the border of Uzbekistan passes along the plains, comparatively less - along the adyrs and mountains. Our country borders on 5 countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. The whole length of the state frontiers is 6221 km.

Uzbekistan nature and geography
Geography of Uzbekistan is mainly represented by deserts and mountains, and, in some areas - by valleys and lowlands.
Approximately 80% of Uzbekistan is presented by a desert, namely, the Kyzylkum desert.
Mountains of the country are the foothills and lower mountains of the Tien-Shan system.
The highest point of Uzbekistan is the Mount Adelunga (4 301 meters).
Geographically the land of Uzbekistan is 448.9 thousand sq. km. In Central Asia in size of the territory, Uzbekistan is inferior to Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, but at the same time it occupies a large area compared to such European countries as Great Britain (2 times), Denmark (4 times), Switzerland (10 times) and Belgium (14 times).
However, despite its long form, the time of Uzbekistan is not scattered over several time zones. And it is +5 hours to Greenwich. And this is very convenient.
Uzbekistan has quite rich climatic, land, water and some other natural resources, as well as a number of minerals.