Central Europe, east of Germany
52 00 N, 20 00 E
Europe
total: 312,685 sq km
land: 304,255 sq km
water: 8,430 sq km
about twice the size of Georgia; slightly smaller than New Mexico
Area comparison maptotal: 2,865 km
border countries (6): Belarus 375 km; Czechia 699 km; Germany 467 km; Lithuania 100 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 209 km; Slovakia 517 km; Ukraine 498 km
440 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: defined by international treaties
temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
highest point: Rysy 2,499 m
lowest point: near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m
mean elevation: 173 m
coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land
agricultural land: 48.2% (2018 est.)
arable land: 36.2% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.3% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 10.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 30.6% (2018 est.)
other: 21.2% (2018 est.)
760 sq km (2013)
salt water lake(s): Zalew Szczecinski/Stettiner Haff (shared with Germany) - 900 sq km
Vistula river source and mouth (shared with Belarus and Ukraine) - 1,213 km
note - longest river in Poland
Atlantic Ocean drainage: (Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km)
population concentrated in the southern area around Krakow and the central area around Warsaw and Lodz, with an extension to the northern coastal city of Gdansk
flooding
historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain
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