Land and Resources
St. Stephen Middle School
November, 2001
http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/facts_fs.html?fips=AF&dynMapId=362&mainURL
Many countries are looking in tense eyes on the
land called Afghanistan. They are looking for Bin Laden who is
responsible for the attacks on September 11, 2001. In order to
find him we can learn more about the land and resources of
Afghanistan.
Afghanistan is filled with mountainous terrain, different
geographic regions, and many caves. The Hindu Kush mountains
formed three different geographic regions which are The Central
Highlands, The Northern Plains, and The SouthWestern Plateau.
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/Powell/Afghan/068.html
Location: Southern Asia, north and west of
Pakistan, east of Iran.
Area: 251, 773 sq. miles.
Population:20,414,000 (1994).
Population Density:31 per sq. km.
Capital: Kabul.
Climate: arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers.
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper,
chromite, talc, barites, sulfur, lead, zinc, iron ore, salt,
precious and semiprecious stones.
Natural hazzards: earthquakes and flooding.
http://www.icimod.org.sg/hkh_gallery/land/images/lslide4.jpg
http://www.icimod.org.sg/hkh_gallery/land/images/lslide1.jpg
