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Introduction - Lithuania: | Location - 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
land: NA sq km
water: NA sq km | | Area comparative | slightly larger than West Virginia | | Land boundaries | total: 1,613 km
border countries: Belarus 653.5 km, Latvia 588 km, Poland 103.7 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 267.8 km | | Coastline | 90 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 293.6 m | | Natural resources | peat, arable land, amber | | Land use | arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 70 sq km (2003) | | 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, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, 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: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |