Geography of Azerbaijan
This article describes the geography of Azerbaijan.
; Location:
- Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia
- 40° 30′ N, 47° 30′ E
- Total: 86,600 kmē
- Land: 86,100 sq km
- Water: 500 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 November 26, 1991.
- Canada comparative: larger than New Brunswick
- United Kingdom comparative: slightly larger than Scotland
- United States comparative: slightly smaller than Maine
- Total: 2,013 km
- Border countries: Armenia (with Azerbaijan-proper) 566 km, Armenia (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-proper) 432 km, Iran (with Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave) 700 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
- 0 km (landlocked). Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea. (800 km, est.)
- None (landlocked)
- Dry, semiarid steppe
- 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; Baky 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, alumina.
- Arable land: 18%
- Permanent crops: 5%
- Permanent pastures: 25%
- Forests and woodland: 11%
- Other: 41% (1993 est.)
- 10,000 sq km (1993 est.)
- Droughts; some lowland areas threatened by rising levels of the Caspian Sea
- Local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baky and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton.
- Party to: Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection
- Signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity
- Landlocked