| Geography | Lithuania |
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Location:
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Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia |
Geographic coordinates:
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56 00 N, 24 00 E |
Map references:
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Europe |
Area:
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total: 65,300 sq km
land: 62,680 sq km
water: 2,620 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly larger than West Virginia |
Land boundaries:
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total: 1,574 km
border countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km |
Coastline:
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90 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm |
Climate:
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transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
Terrain:
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lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Aukstojas 294 m |
Natural resources:
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peat, arable land, amber |
Land use:
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arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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13.4 sq km (2008) |
Total renewable water resources:
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24.5 cu km (2005) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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6,930 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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total: 3.33 cu km/yr (78%/15%/7%)
per capita: 971 cu m/yr (2003) |
Natural hazards:
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NA |
Environment - current issues:
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contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits |
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