Geography Of Latvia

Location	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania
Geographic coordinates	57 00 N, 25 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 64,589 sq km water: 1,000 sq km land: 63,589 sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than West Virginia
Land boundaries	total: 1,150 km border countries: Belarus 141 km, Estonia 339 km, Lithuania 453 km, Russia 217 km
Coastline	531 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	maritime; wet, moderate winters
Terrain	low plain
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Gaizinkalns 312 m
Natural resources	peat, limestone, dolomite, amber, hydropower, wood, arable land
Land use	arable land: 29.67% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 69.86% (2001)
Irrigated land	200 sq km note: land in Latvia is often too wet, and in need of drainage, not irrigation; approximately 16,000 sq km or 85% of agricultural land has been improved by drainage (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	NA
Environment - current issues	Latvia's environment has benefited from a shift to service industries after the country regained independence; the main environmental priorities are improvement of drinking water quality and sewage system, household and hazardous waste management, and reduction of air pollution; in 2001, Latvia closed the EU accession negotiation chapter on environment committing to full enforcement of EU environmental directives by 2010
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography note	most of the country is composed of fertile, low-lying plains, with some hills in the east

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

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