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Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 24 00 E
Area:
total:
65,200 sq km
land:
65,200 sq km
water:
0 sq km
Land
boundaries:
total:
1,273 km
border
countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad)
227 km
Coastline: 99 km
Maritime
claims:
territorial
sea: 12 nm
Climate: transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Terrain: lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
Elevation
extremes:
lowest
point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest
point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m
Natural resources: peat
Land
use:
arable
land: 35%
permanent
crops: 12%
permanent
pastures: 7%
forests
and woodland: 31%
other:
15% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 430 sq km (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment—current issues: contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases
Environment—international
agreements:
party
to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, 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