Original: Elevation extremes * Lowest point : Amu Darya 258 m * Highest point : Noshaq 7,492 m Land use * Arable land : 12.13 % * Permanent crops : 0.21 % * Other : 87.66 % ( 2005 ) Irrigated land 27,200 km2 ( 2003 ) Natural hazards Damaging earthquakes occur in the Hindu Kush mountains ; flooding and droughts in the south and south-west of the country .
Simplified: Highest and lowest * Lowest point : Amu Darya 258 m * Highest point : Noshaq 7,492 m Natural hazards Damaging earthquakes occur in the Hindu Kush mountains ; flooding and droughts in the south and south-west of the country .