Geography Of Lithuania

Location	Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
Geographic coordinates	56 00 N, 24 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 65,200 sq km water: NA sq km land: NA sq km
Area comparative	slightly larger than West Virginia
Land boundaries	total: 1,273 km border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
Coastline	99 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate	transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Terrain	lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m
Natural resources	peat, arable land
Land use	arable land: 45.22% permanent crops: 0.91% other: 53.87% (2001)
Irrigated land	90 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	NA
Environment - current issues	contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
Geography note	fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits

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

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Geography Of Lithuania