Sweden: Geography#
| Location | Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 62 00 N, 15 00 E 62.0,15.0 |
| Area | total: 450,295 sq km land: 410,335 sq km water: 39,960 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 450295 DBpedia: 449964 Geoname: 449964 Infoplease: 449964 Britannica: 447420 Wolfram: 450295 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 2,233 km border countries: Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km |
| Coastline | 3,218 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Kebnekaise 2111 m; Sarektjkk 2089 m According to Geonames: Sarektjåkkå 2089 m; Kaskasatjåkko 2076 m; Kaskasapakte 2043 m; Akka 2016 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
| Terrain | mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west |
| Natural Hazards | ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic |
| Natural Resource | iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower |
| Land Use | arable land: 5.8% permanent crops: 0.02% other: 94.18% (2011) |
| Climate | temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north |
| Irrigated Land | 1,597 sq km (2007) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 174 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, 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, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Stockholm; Goteborg; Malmö; Uppsala; Orebro According to Geonames: Stockholm; Göteborg; Malmö; Uppsala; Västerås Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas Important Lakes |