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Lithuania Geography 1996

Location:

Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia

Map references:

Europe

Area:

total area:

65,200 sq km

land area:

65,200 sq km

comparative area:

slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries:

total 1,273 km, Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km

Coastline:

108 km

Maritime claims:

territorial sea:

12 nm

International disputes:

dispute with Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) over the position of the Nemunas (Nemen) River border presently located on the Lithuanian bank and not in midriver as by international standards

Climate:

maritime; wet, moderate winters and summers

Terrain:

lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil

Natural resources:

peat

Land use:

arable land:

49.1%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

22.2%

forest and woodland:

16.3%

other:

12.4%

Irrigated land:

430 sq km (1990)

Environment:

current issues:

contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Biodiversity, Climate Change

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