Turkmenistan
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Turkmenistan
Official name: | Turkmenistan |
Capital: | Ashgabat |
Area: | total: 488,100 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 488,100 sq km |
Climate: | subtropical desert |
Location: | Central Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Kazakhstan |
Geographic coordinates: | 40 00 N, 60 00 E |
Comparative Area: | slightly larger than California |
Land boundaries: | total: 3,736 km border countries: Afghanistan 744 km, Iran 992 km, Kazakhstan 379 km, Uzbekistan 1,621 km |
Coastline: | 0 km; note - Turkmenistan borders the Caspian Sea (1,768 km) |
Terrain: | flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes rising to mountains in the south; low mountains along border with Iran; borders Caspian Sea in west |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Vpadina Akchanaya -81 m; note - Sarygamysh Koli is a lake in northern Turkmenistan with a water level that fluctuates above and below the elevation of Vpadina Akchanaya (the lake has dropped as low as -110 m) highest point: Gora Ayribaba 3,139 m |
Map of Turkmenistan