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Tajikistan is landlocked, and is the smallest nation in [[Central Asia]] by area. It is covered by mountains of the [[Pamir Mountains|Pamir]] range, and more than fifty percent of the country is 3,000 meters (approx. 10,000 feet) above [[sea level]]. The [[Amu Darya]] and [[Pyanj River|Pyanj]] rivers mark the border with Afghanistan.
[[Image:USSR-Tajikistan-Peak Communism.jpg|thumb|270px|A photograph of Qullai Ismoili Somoni peak (then known as ''Peak Communism'') taken in 1989 when Tajikistan was part of the [[Soviet Union]].]]
About 1% of the country's area is covered by lakes:
*[[Kuli Sarez]]
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