Location:
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range
Geographic coordinates:
40 30 N, 47 30 E
Map references:
Middle East
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
86,600 sq km
country comparison to the world: 113
land:
82,629 sq km
water:
3,971 sq km
note:
includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
slightly smaller than Maine
total:
2,468 km
border countries:
Armenia 996 km, Georgia 428 km, Iran 689 km, Russia 338 km, Turkey 17 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
dry, semiarid steppe
More Climate Details
large, flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland, much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) in west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea
lowest point:
Caspian Sea -28 m
highest point:
Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite
arable land:
21.78%
permanent crops:
2.62%
other:
75.6% (2011)
14,250 sq km (2010)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
34.68 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total:
12.21 cu km/yr (4%/18%/78%)
per capita:
1,384 cu m/yr (2010)
droughts
local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, soil, and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills, from the use of DDT pesticide, and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
party to:
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
both the main area of the country and the Naxcivan exclave are landlocked