<P> Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia and Eastern Europe at 48 ° N 68 ° E ﻿ / ﻿ 48 ° N 68 ° E ﻿ / 48; 68 Coordinates: 48 ° N 68 ° E ﻿ / ﻿ 48 ° N 68 ° E ﻿ / 48; 68 . With an area of about 2,724,800 square kilometers, Kazakhstan is more than twice the combined size of the other four Central Asian states, or about 60% larger than Alaska . The country borders Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan to the south; Russia to the north; Russia and the Caspian Sea to the west; and China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region to the east . </P> <P> There is considerable topographical variation within Kazakhstan . The highest point is the top of the mountain Khan Tengri, on the Kyrgyz border in the Tian Shan range, with an elevation of 7,010 meters, or 22,999 feet above sea level; the lowest point is the bottom of the Karagiye depression at 132 meters, or 433 feet below sea level, in the Mangystau province east of the Caspian Sea . Most of the country lies at between 200 and 300 meters above sea level, but Kazakhstan's Caspian shore includes some of the lowest elevations on Earth . The peak Khan Tengri in the Tian Shan Mountains (and on the border with Kyrgyzstan and China) is Kazakhstan highest elevation at 6995m (7010m with ice cap). </P>

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