in drinking water. The World Bank and United Nations have also been involved in preparing possible solutions for the environmental problems in Uzbekistan. The World Bank worked with the countries in the Aral Sea Basin to form the Aral Sea Basin Assistance Program (ASBP) in the early 1990s. The main roles of the ASBP were the rehabilitation of the Aral Sea area that was destroyed through evaporation, the planning and management of the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, and the construction of institutions to plan and implement the rehabilitation and management of the water resources surrounding the Aral Sea. The World Bank also formed the Water and Environmental Management Project in 1998 that was funded by both the World Bank and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF). The program was funded by the World Bank, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Asian Development Bank, as well as the governments of a few countries. Other groups that contributed to the rehabilitation and management of the Aral Sea include the European Union, the United Nations, UNESCO, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and the Science for Peace program. Area and boundaries Area: total: 447,400 km² land: 425,400 km² water: 22,000 km² Area – comparative: slightly larger than California, same size as Morocco, slightly smaller than Sweden Land boundaries: total: 6,221 km border countries: Afghanistan 137 km, Kazakhstan 2,203 km, Kyrgyzstan 1,099 km, Tajikistan 1,161 km, Turkmenistan 1,621 km Coastline: 0 km note: Uzbekistan formerly had a 420 km coastline on the Aral Sea, which dried up. Maritime claims: None. Uzbekistan is one of only two countries (Liechtenstein) in the world that are doubly landlocked. Elevation extremes: lowest point: Sariqarnish Kuli −12 m (−39 ft) below sea level. highest point: Khazret Sultan, Resources and land uses Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, coal, gold, uranium, silver, copper, lead and zinc, tungsten, molybdenum Land use: arable land: 9.61% permanent crops: 0.8% other: 89.58% (2011) Irrigated land: 41,980 km² (2005) Total renewable water resources: 48.87 km2 (2011) Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): total: 56 km2/yr (7%/3%/90%) per capita: 2,113 m3/yr (2005) References bn:উজবেকিস্তান#ভূগোল