Territory
86,6 thousand square km (forests 12%, water basins 1.7%,
sown area 54,9%, including 31.1 % pastures and hayfields, 31.4% other lands). The country extends between longitude 44° and 52° east and
latitude 38° and 42° north,
Baku situated at the parallel of 40°.
Distance from Baku to North Pole is 5550 km, to the equator 4440 km.
Big lakes, km2
Sarysu – 67.0
Aggol – 56.2
Agzybirchala – 37.0
Mehman – 35.0
Boyukshor – 9.2
Hajygabul – 8.4
The world’s biggest lake –
Caspian Sea (area – 400000 km2; depth – 1025m).
Big islands km2
Pirallahy – 14.4
Chilov – 11.5
Khere-Zire – 3.5
Boyuk-Zire – 1.4
Big rivers km
Kur – 1515
Araz – 1072
Alazan (Ganykh) – 413
Iori (Gabyrry) – 389
Samur – 216
Terter – 200
The highest peak – Bazarduzu (4466m).
Neighbors
It borders with Iran (765 km) and Turkey (15 km) on the south, Russia (390 km) on the north, Georgia (480 km) on the north-west and Armenia (1007 km) on the west.
The length of the largest area of Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan sector is 456 km.
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