word | | Geography - note |
| landlocked | Lesotho | landlocked, completely surrounded by South Africa; mountainous, more than 80% of the country is 1,800 m above sea level |
| landlocked | Liechtenstein | along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation |
| landlocked | Luxembourg | landlocked; the only Grand Duchy in the world |
| landlocked | Macedonia | landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe |
| landlocked | Malawi | landlocked; Lake Nyasa, some 580 km long, is the country's most prominent physical feature |
| landlocked | Mali | landlocked; divided into three natural zones: the southern, cultivated Sudanese; the central, semiarid Sahelian; and the northern, arid Saharan |
| landlocked | Moldova | landlocked; well endowed with various sedimentary rocks and minerals including sand, gravel, gypsum, and limestone |
| landlocked | Mongolia | landlocked; strategic location between China and Russia |
| landlocked | Nepal | landlocked; strategic location between China and India; contains eight of world's 10 highest peaks, including Mount Everest and Kanchenjunga - the world's tallest and third tallest - on the borders with China ... |
| landlocked | Niger | landlocked; one of the hottest countries in the world; northern four-fifths is desert, southern one-fifth is savanna, suitable for livestock and limited agriculture |
| landlocked | Paraguay | landlocked; lies between Argentina, Bolivia, and Brazil; population concentrated in southern part of country |
| landlocked | Rwanda | landlocked; most of the country is savanna grassland with the population predominantly rural |
| landlocked | San Marino | landlocked; smallest independent state in Europe after the Holy See and Monaco; dominated by the Apennines |