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Afghanistan initial national communication to the United Nations framework convention on climate change /

Catalog Source (منبع کتلاگ):

ACKU

Statement of responsibility:

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, National Environmental Protection Agency.

Publication/Distribution (Imprint):

[Afghanistan] : National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA), [2015].

Physical Description:

135 pages : color illustration, color maps ; 30 cm.

Summary:

Summary: “Afghanistan is a landlocked, mountainous and very dry country in South and Central Asia with an area of 647,500 square kilometers and population of about 26 million. It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east, Iran in the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan in the north, and the People's Republic of China in the far northeast. Afghanistan has an arid and semi-arid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The climate varies substantially from one region to another due to dramatic changes in topography. The wet season generally runs from winter through early spring, but the country on the whole is dry, falling within the Desert or Desert Steppe climate classification…”—(page v).

Language:

English

Subjects--Topical Terms:

Environmental management – Afghanistan.
Environmental protection – Afghanistan.
Climatic changes – Afghanistan.
Humanitarian assistance – Afghanistan.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Afghanistan – Environmental conditions.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:

,Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-.

LC Class. No:

Pamphlet GE320. / A33. / I658 2015

Source of Classification:

Library of Congress Classification / Environment

Accession No:

3ACKU000547926

General Note:

Cover title.
“Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, National Environmental Protection Agency”—at head of title.