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Luxembourg Geography 1996

Location:

Western Europe, between France and Germany

Map references:

Europe

Area:

total area:

2,586 sq km

land area:

2,586 sq km

comparative area:

slightly smaller than Rhode Island

Land boundaries:

total 359 km, Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km

Coastline:

0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims:

none; landlocked

International disputes:

none

Climate:

modified continental with mild winters, cool summers

Terrain:

mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle floodplain in the southeast

Natural resources:

iron ore (no longer exploited)

Land use:

arable land:

24%

permanent crops:

meadows and pastures:

20%

forest and woodland:

21%

other:

34%

Irrigated land:

NA sq km

Environment:

current issues:

deforestation; air and water pollution in urban areas

natural hazards:

international agreements:

party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea

Note:

landlocked

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