TERRITORY

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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