Kazakhstan
Average temperature, rainfall and snowfall information is available for the following climate stations in Kazakhstan
| Official name: | Republic of Kazakhstan |
| Capital: | Astana; note - the government moved from Almaty to Astana in December 1998 |
| Area: | total: 2,717,300 sq km
water: 47,500 sq km
land: 2,669,800 sq km |
| Climate: | continental, cold winters and hot summers, arid and semiarid |
| Location: | Central Asia, northwest of China |
| Geographic coordinates: | 48 00 N, 68 00 E |
| Comparative Area: | slightly less than four times the size of Texas |
| Land boundaries: | total: 12,012 km
border countries: China 1,533 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,051 km, Russia 6,846 km, Turkmenistan 379 km, Uzbekistan 2,203 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked); note - Kazakhstan borders the Aral Sea, now split into two bodies of water (1,070 km), and the Caspian Sea (1,894 km) |
| Terrain: | extends from the Volga to the Altai Mountains and from the plains in western Siberia to oases and desert in Central Asia |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Vpadina Kaundy -132 m
highest point: Khan Tangiri Shyngy (Pik Khan-Tengri) 6,995 m |
Map of Kazakhstan
