UZBEKISTAN

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Borders: Kazakhstan | Turkmenistan | Kyrgyzstan | Tajikistan | Afghanistan

Main Facts About Uzbekistan

• Uzbekistan is landlocked, and is completely landlocked by other countries that are themselves landlocked. It is double landlocked!
• Shares the Aral Sea with Kazakhstan
• The Tian Shan Mountains fringe the Eastern borders in an area where earthquakes abound
• Deserts encroach from the Northern border with Kazakhstan to dominate the country
• Natural sources of water are in short supply in most of the country