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Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
Geographic coordinates: 57 00 N, 25 00 E
Area:
total:
64,589 sq km
land:
64,589 sq km
water:
0 sq km
Land
boundaries:
total:
1,150 km
border
countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km, Russia 217
km
Coastline: 531 km
Maritime
claims:
continental
shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive
economic zone: 200 nm
territorial
sea: 12 nm
Climate: maritime; wet, moderate winters
Terrain: low plain
Elevation
extremes:
lowest
point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest
point: Gaizinkalns 312 m
Natural resources: minimal; amber, peat, limestone, dolomite
Land
use:
arable
land: 27%
permanent
crops: 0%
permanent
pastures: 13%
forests
and woodland: 46%
other:
14% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 160 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment—current issues: air and water pollution because of a lack of waste conversion equipment; Gulf of Riga and Daugava River heavily polluted; contamination of soil and groundwater with chemicals and petroleum products at military bases
Environment—international
agreements:
party
to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous
Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed,
but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate
Change-Kyoto Protocol
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Última actualització: 8 de juny de 2000