Flag Description Three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), white, and green separated by red fimbriations with a white crescent moon and 12 white stars in the upper hoist-side quadrant.Currency Uzbekistani sum. Astronomy Today's date is November 22, 2009. There is currently a New Moon. Location Central asia, north of afghanistan. Climate Mostly midlatitude desert, long, hot summers, mild winters; semiarid grassland in east. Terrain Mostly flat-to-rolling sandy desert with dunes; broad, flat intensely irrigated river valleys along course of amu darya, syr darya (sirdaryo), and zarafshon; fergana valley in east surrounded by mountainous tajikistan and kyrgyzstan; shrinking aral sea in west. Elevation Extremes The lowest point is at Sariqarnish Kuli -12 m. The highest point is at Adelunga Toghi 4,301 m. |