Uzbekistan

Geography

Uzbekistan is located in Central Asia, north of Afghanistan. The terrain of Uzbekistan is Flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along Amu Darya, Syr Darya; shrinking Aral Sea; semiarid grasslands in east.

Climate: Uzbekistan is mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east.