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Belarus Geography 1996

Location:

Eastern Europe, east of Poland

Map references:

Commonwealth of Independent States - European States

Area:

total area:

207,600 sq km

land area:

207,600 sq km

comparative area:

slightly smaller than Kansas

Land boundaries:

total 3,098 km, Latvia 141 km, Lithuania 502 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km

Coastline:

0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:

none; landlocked

International disputes:

none

Climate:

cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime

Terrain:

generally flat and contains much marshland

Natural resources:

forest land, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas

Land use:

arable land:

29%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

15%

forest and woodland:

other:

55%

Irrigated land:

1,490 sq km (1990)

Environment:

current issues:

soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl'

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Biodiversity, Environmental Modification, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection; signed, but not ratified - Climate Change, Law of the Sea

Note:

landlocked

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