Geography Of Finland

Location	Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, and Gulf of Finland, between Sweden and Russia
Geographic coordinates	64 00 N, 26 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 338,145 sq km water: 33,672 sq km land: 304,473 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Montana
Land boundaries	total: 2,690 km border countries: Norway 736 km, Sweden 614 km, Russia 1,340 km
Coastline	1,250 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm (in the Gulf of Finland - 3 nm) continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm; extends to continental shelf boundary with Sweden
Climate	cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
Terrain	mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Halti 1,328 m
Natural resources	timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone
Land use	arable land: 7.19% permanent crops: 0.03% other: 92.78% (2001)
Irrigated land	640 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	NA
Environment - current issues	air pollution from manufacturing and power plants contributing to acid rain; water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography note	long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent; population concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain

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

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Geography Of Finland