Bashkortostan includes part of the southern Urals and the adjacent plains.
- Area: 143,600 sq km
- Borders: Bashkortostan borders Perm Krai (N), Sverdlovsk Oblast (NE), Chelyabinsk Oblast (NE/E/SE), Orenburg Oblast (SE/S/SW), Tatarstan (W), and Udmurtia (NW).
- Highest point: Mount Yamantau (1,638 m).
- Maximum N->S distance: 550 km.
- Maximum E->W distance: over 430 km.
Bashkortostan is traversed by the northeasterly line of equal latitude and longitude.