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Ukraine
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Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland and Russia
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Commonwealth of Independent States - European States
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total area:
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603,700 sq km
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land area:
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603,700 sq km
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comparative area:
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slightly smaller than Texas
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total 4,558 km, Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 428
km, Romania (southwest) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km,
Slovakia 90 km
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2,782 km
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continental shelf:
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200-m or to the depth of exploitation
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exclusive economic zone:
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undefined
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territorial sea:
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12 nm
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certain territory of Moldova and Ukraine - including Bessarabia and Northern
Bukovina - are considered by Bucharest as historically a part of Romania;
this territory was incorporated into the former Soviet Union following the
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1940; potential dispute with Russia over Crimea;
has made no territorial claim in Antarctica (but has reserved the right to
do so) and does not recognize the claims of any other nation
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temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast;
precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north,
lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to
cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the
country, hot in the south
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most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaux, mountains
being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula
in the extreme south
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iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulphur, graphite,
titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber
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arable land:
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56%
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permanent crops:
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2%
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meadows and pastures:
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12%
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forest and woodland:
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0%
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other:
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30%
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26,000 sq km (1990)
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current issues:
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inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution;
deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident
at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant
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natural hazards:
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NA
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international agreements:
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party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Environmental Modification, Marine
Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution; signed,
but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
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strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second largest
country in Europe