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Location: Western Europe, between France and Germany
Geographic coordinates: 49 45 N, 6 10 E
Area:
total:
2,586 sq km
land:
2,586 sq km
water:
0 sq km
Land
boundaries:
total:
359 km
border
countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
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
Elevation
extremes:
lowest
point: Moselle River 133 m
highest
point: Burgplatz 559 m
Natural resources: iron ore (no longer exploited)
Land
use:
arable
land: 24%
permanent
crops: 1%
permanent
pastures: 20%
forests
and woodland: 21%
other:
34%
Irrigated land: 10 sq km (including Belgium (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: NA
Environment—current issues: air and water pollution in urban areas
Environment—international
agreements:
party
to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur
85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous
Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94
signed,
but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate
Change-Kyoto Protocol, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea
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Última actualització: 8 de juny de 2000