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Liechtenstein Geography 1996

Location:

Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland

Map references:

Europe

Area:

total area:

160 sq km

land area:

160 sq km

comparative area:

about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries:

total 78 km, Austria 37 km, Switzerland 41 km

Coastline:

0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:

none; landlocked

International disputes:

claims 1,600 square kilometers of Czech territory confiscated from its royal family in 1918; the Czech Republic insists that restitution does not go back before February 1948, when the Communists seized power

Climate:

continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Terrain:

mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third

Natural resources:

hydroelectric potential

Land use:

arable land:

25%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

38%

forest and woodland:

19%

other:

18%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea

Note:

landlocked; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation

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