Afghanistan - Environment
As far as the environment of Afghanistan is concerned, there have been limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil degradation; overgrazing; deforestation (much of the remaining forests are being cut down for fuel and building materials); desertification; air and water pollution in overcrowded urban areas. As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping-London Convention, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection.
About the environment of Afghanistan
Climate We have arid to semiarid; cold winters and hot summers
Revenue from forest resources 0.2% of GDP (2018 est.)
Revenue from coal 0.45% of GDP (2018 est.)
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 5,628,525 tons (2016 est.)
Total renewable water resources 65.33 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km) Amu Darya (shared with Tajikistan [s], Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan [m]) - 2,620 km; Helmand river source (shared with Iran) - 1,130 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 200 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Industrial 170 million cubic meters (2020 est.)
Agricultural 20 billion cubic meters (2020 est.)
Air pollutants
Particulate matter emissions 62.49 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions 8.67 megatons (2016 est.)
Methane emissions 90.98 megatons (2020 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 58.1% (2018 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 11.8% (2018)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.3% (2018)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 46% (2018)
Forest 1.8% (2018 est.)
Other 40.1% (2018)
Urbanization
Urban population 26.9% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 3.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 4.589 million KABUL (capital) (2023).
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Afghanistan is found in Southern Asia