Lithuania: Geography#
Location | Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia |
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Geographic Coordinates | 56 00 N, 24 00 E 56.0,24.0 |
Area | total: 65,300 sq km land: 62,680 sq km water: 2,620 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
Land boundaries | total: 1,574 km border countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km |
Coastline | 90 km |
Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Aukstojas 294 m |
Highest Mountains | |
Terrain | lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil |
Natural Hazards | NA |
Natural Resource | peat, arable land, amber |
Land Use | arable land: 33.48% permanent crops: 0.47% other: 66.05% (2011) |
Climate | transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers |
Irrigated Land | 13.4 sq km (2007) |
Renewable Water Resources | 24.9 cu km (2011) |
Environment_CurrentIssues | 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, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Large Cities | Vilnius; Kaunas; Klaipeda; Šiauliai; Panevežys [Verified] Important Cities |
Geography-note | fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits Important Lakes |