Geography Of Estonia

Location	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia
Geographic coordinates	59 00 N, 26 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 45,226 sq km note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea water: 2,015 sq km land: 43,211 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined
Land boundaries	total: 633 km border countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km
Coastline	3,794 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: limits fixed in coordination with neighboring states
Climate	maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers
Terrain	marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m
Natural resources	oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud
Land use	arable land: 16.04% permanent crops: 0.45% other: 83.51% (2001)
Irrigated land	40 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	sometimes flooding occurs in the spring
Environment - current issues	air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amount of pollutants emitted to the air have fallen steadily, the emissions of 2000 were 80% less than in 1980; the amount of unpurified wastewater discharged to water bodies in 2000 was one twentieth the level of 1980; in connection with the start-up of new water purification plants, the pollution load of wastewater decreased; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ship Pollution, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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