Relief and Mineral Resources of Uzbekistan

The area of Uzbekistan is about 449 thousand km². About 4/5 of the territory is plains, and the rest is mountainous.

Relief

• Plains: Kyzylkum, Ustyurt Plateau, Mirzachul, Karshi Steppe.
• The mountains are located in the east and southeast. Tien Shan ranges: Chatkal, Kurama, Pskem. Pamir-Alay ranges: Zarafshan, Hissar.
• Highest point: Hazrati Sultan, 4643 m (Hissar Range, Surkhandarya).
• Lowest point: Mingbulak Depression (about -12 m).

Mineral Resources

Mineral	Location
Gold	Muruntau (Navoi Region)
Copper	Almalyk (Kalmakyr)
Uranium	Navoi Region
Brown coal	Angren
Gas	Gazli (Bukhara), Shurtan and Mubarek (Kashkadarya)
Oil	Fergana Valley, Kashkadarya, Bukhara
Salt	Khojaikan (Surkhandarya)
Marble, construction materials	Nurota, Gazgan

• Angren: brown coal, Almalyk: copper, Muruntau: gold.
• The Gazli gas field is in the Bukhara Region, while Shurtan and Mubarek are in Kashkadarya.
• Gazli is not in Kashkadarya, but in Bukhara. Do not confuse it with Shurtan and Mubarek.