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Uzbekistan
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Key Facts
Climate
mostly mid-latitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east
Coastline
0 km (doubly landlocked)
Government type
presidential republic; highly authoritarian
Natural resources
natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum
Terrain
mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of Amu Darya, Syr Darya (Sirdaryo), and Zaravshan; Fergana Valley in east surrounded by mount...