Total area: 1,648,195 sq. km
Land area: 1,531,595 sq. km
Water area: 116,600 sq. km
Iran is almost 2.5 times the size of Texas and is slightly smaller than Alaska.
Land boundaries: 5,894 km (921 km with Afghanistan, 44 km with Armenia, 689 km with Azerbaijan, 1,599 km with Iraq, 959 km with Pakistan, 534 km with Turkey, and 1,148 km with Turkmenistan)
Coastline: 2,440 km, including 740 km boarder with the Caspian Sea
Climate: Mostly arid or semiarid, but subtropical along Caspian coast.
Terrain: Rugged mountainous high central basin with deserts and mountains, small and discontinuous plains along both coasts
Lowest elevation: Caspian Sea at -28 meters
Highest elevation: Kuh-e Damavand at 5,671 meters
Land area: 1,531,595 sq. km
Water area: 116,600 sq. km
Iran is almost 2.5 times the size of Texas and is slightly smaller than Alaska.
Land boundaries: 5,894 km (921 km with Afghanistan, 44 km with Armenia, 689 km with Azerbaijan, 1,599 km with Iraq, 959 km with Pakistan, 534 km with Turkey, and 1,148 km with Turkmenistan)
Coastline: 2,440 km, including 740 km boarder with the Caspian Sea
Climate: Mostly arid or semiarid, but subtropical along Caspian coast.
Terrain: Rugged mountainous high central basin with deserts and mountains, small and discontinuous plains along both coasts
Lowest elevation: Caspian Sea at -28 meters
Highest elevation: Kuh-e Damavand at 5,671 meters