Editing Geography of Kazakhstan (section)

==Area and boundaries==
[[File:Map of Central Asia.png|thumb|upright=1.25|With land area of 2.6 million km<sup>2</sup>, Kazakhstan is the largest country in Central Asia and the ninth largest in the world]]
According to [[CIA World Factbook]] estimates:<ref name="CIA Factbook">{{cite web|access-date=2020-01-05|title=Central Asia :: Kazakhstan — The World Factbook - Central Intelligence Agency|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/kazakhstan/|website=www.cia.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Official website of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan - The Republic of Kazakhstan |url=https://www.akorda.kz/en/republic_of_kazakhstan/kazakhstan}}</ref>
; Area:
:* Total: {{convert|2,724,900|km2|abbr=on}}
:** ''country rank in the world'': 9th 
:* Land: {{convert|2,699,700|km2|abbr=on}}
:* Water: {{convert|25,200|km2|abbr=on}}

; Area comparative
:* Australia comparative: slightly larger than [[Western Australia]]
:* Canada comparative: slightly less than {{sfrac|1|1|2}} times the size of [[Nunavut]]
:* United States comparative: approximately {{sfrac|3|5}} larger than [[Alaska]]

; Land boundaries:
:* Total: {{convert|13,364|km}}
:* Border countries:
:**[[People's Republic of China]] (to the southeast) {{convert|1,765|km}}
:**[[Kyrgyzstan]] (to the southeast) {{convert|1,212|km}}
:**[[Russia]] (to the north) {{convert|7,644|km}}
:**[[Turkmenistan]] (to the southwest) {{convert|413|km}}
:**[[Uzbekistan]] (to the south) {{convert|2,330|km}}.
; Coastline:
:*0 km (0 mi)
:**Note: Kazakhstan borders the [[Caspian Sea]]. Its coastline with the Caspian Sea is {{convert|1,894|km|mi|0|disp=or}}.
; Maritime claims:
:* Border disputes with [[Russia]], [[Azerbaijan]], and [[Turkmenistan]]

; Elevation extremes:
:* Lowest point: [[Karagiye Depression]] {{convert|&minus;132|m|ft|0}}
:* Highest point: [[Khan Tengri]] {{convert|6,995|m|ft}}