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Afghanistan Google Maps

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Afghanistan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Afghanistan (AF). Explore satellite imagery of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Afghanistan (GPS: 33 00 N, 65 00 E) located in Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran. The country’s area measurements are total: 652,230 sq km; land: 652,230 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is almost six times the size of Virginia, slightly smaller than Texas. The total irrigated land is 32,080 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Afghanistan: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). The Hindu Kush mountains that run northeast to southwest divide the northern provinces from the rest of the country. The highest peaks are in the north of Vakhan (Wakhan Corridor).

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Armenia Google Maps

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Armenia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Armenia (AM). Explore satellite imagery of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Armenia (GPS: 40 00 N, 45 00 E) is located in Southwestern Asia, between Turkey (to the west) and Azerbaijan; note – Armenia views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically, it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both. The country’s area measurements are total: 29,743 sq km; land: 28,203 sq km, water: 1,540 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Maryland. The total irrigated land is 2,740 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Armenia: Landlocked in the Lesser Caucasus Mountains. Sevana Lich (Lake Sevan) is the largest lake in this mountain range.

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Azerbaijan Google Maps

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Azerbaijan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Azerbaijan (AZ). Explore satellite imagery of Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Azerbaijan (GPS: 40 30 N, 47 30 E) located in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range. The country’s area measurements are total: 86,600 sq km; land: 82,629 sq km, water: 3,971 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Maine. The total irrigated land is 14,277 sq km (2012).

One of Azerbaijan’s essential features: Both the country’s central area and the Naxcivan exclave are landlocked.

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Bangladesh Google Maps

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Bangladesh

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Bangladesh (BG). Explore satellite imagery of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Bangladesh (GPS: 24 00 N, 90 00 E) is located in Southern Asia, bordering the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and India. The country’s area measurements are total: 148,460 sq km; land: 130,170 sq km, water: 18,290 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than Iowa’s. The total irrigated land is 53,000 sq km (2012).

One of Bangladesh’s essential features is that most of the country situated on deltas of large rivers flowing from the Himalayas: the Ganges unites with the Jamuna (main channel of the Brahmaputra) later joins the Meghna to empty into the Bay of Bengal, eventually.

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Bhutan Google Maps

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Bhutan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Bhutan (BT). Explore satellite imagery of Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Bhutan (GPS: 27 30 N, 90 30 E) is located in Southern Asia, between China and India. The country’s area measurements are total: 38,394 sq km; land: 38,394 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is about one-half the size of Indiana. The total irrigated land is 320 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Bhutan: Landlocked (enclosed or nearly enclosed by land). Strategic location between China and India. Controls several critical Himalayan mountain passes.

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China Google Maps

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China

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for China (CH). Explore satellite imagery of Beijing, the capital city of China, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

China (GPS: 35 00 N, 105 00 E) is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and the South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. The country’s area measurements are total: 9,596,960 sq km; land: 9,326,410 sq km, water: 270,550 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than the US. The total irrigated land is 690,070 sq km (2012).

One of China’s important features: the World’s fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and the US) and the largest country situated entirely in Asia. Mount Everest, on the border with Nepal, is the world’s tallest peak above sea-level. The largest cave chamber globally is the Miao Room, in the Gebihe cave system at China’s Ziyun Getu He Chuandong National Park, which encloses some 10.78 million cu m (380.7 million cu ft) of volume. China appears to have been the center of domestication for two of the world’s leading cereal crops: millet in the north along the Yellow River and rice in the south along the lower or middle Yangtze River.

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Georgia Google Maps

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Georgia

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Georgia (GE). Explore satellite imagery of Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Georgia (GPS: 42 00 N, 43 30 E) located in Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe; note – Georgia views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically, it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both. The country’s area measurements are total: 69,700 sq km; land: 69,700 sq km, water: 0 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than South Carolina, slightly larger than West Virginia. The total irrigated land is 4,330 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Georgia: Strategically located east of the Black Sea. Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them. The world’s four deepest caves are all in Georgia, including two that are the only known caves on earth deeper than 2,000 m: Krubera Cave at -2,197 m (-7,208 ft. Reached in 2012) and Veryovkina Cave at -2,212 (-7,257 ft. Reached in 2018).

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India Google Maps

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India

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for India (IN). Explore satellite imagery of New Delhi, India’s capital city, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

India (GPS: 20 00 N, 77 00 E) located in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The country’s area measurements are total: 3,287,263 sq km; land: 2,973,193 sq km, water: 314,070 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly more than one-third of the size of the US. The total irrigated land is 667,000 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of India: Dominates South Asian subcontinent. Near important Indian Ocean trade routes. Kanchenjunga, the third tallest mountain in the world, lies on the border with Nepal.

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Japan Google Maps

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Japan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Japan (JP). Explore satellite imagery of Tokyo, the capital city of Japan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Japan (GPS: 36 00 N, 138 00 E) located in Eastern Asia, an island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula. The country’s area measurements are total: 377,915 sq km; land: 364,485 sq km, water: 13,430 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly smaller than California. The total irrigated land is 24,690 sq km (2012).

One of the essential features of Japan: Strategic location in northeast Asia. They are composed of four main islands – from the north: Hokkaido, Honshu (the largest and most populous), Shikoku, and Kyushu (the “Home Islands”) – and 6,848 smaller islands and islets. Japan annually records the most earthquakes in the world. It is one of the countries along the Ring of Fire, a belt of active volcanoes and earthquake epicenters bordering the Pacific Ocean. Up to 90% of the world’s earthquakes and some 75% of the world’s volcanoes occur within the Ring of Fire.

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Kazakhstan Google Maps

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Kazakhstan

Free and always accurate driving directions, Google Maps, traffic information for Kazakhstan (KZ). Explore satellite imagery of Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on the Google Maps of Asia below.

Kazakhstan (GPS: 48 00 N, 68 00 E) located in Central Asia, northwest of China; a small portion west of the Ural (Zhayyq) River in easternmost Europe. The country’s area measurements are total: 2,724,900 sq km; land: 2,699,700 sq km, water: 25,200 sq km. This sovereign state is slightly less than four times the size of Texas. The total irrigated land is 20,660 sq km (2012).

One of the important features of Kazakhstan: World’s largest landlocked country and one of only two landlocked countries in the world that extends into two continents (the other is Azerbaijan). Russia leases approximately 6,000 sq km of territory enclosing the Baykonur Cosmodrome. In January 2004, Kazakhstan and Russia extended the lease to 2050.

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