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Lithuania Geography Profile

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LocationEastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia, west of Belarus
Geographic coordinates56 00 N, 24 00 E
Map referencesEurope
Areatotal: 65,300 sq km

land: 62,680 sq km

water: 2,620 sq km
Area - comparativeslightly larger than West Virginia
Land boundariestotal: 1,545 km

border countries (4): Belarus 640 km, Latvia 544 km, Poland 100 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 261 km
Coastline90 km
Maritime claimsterritorial sea: 12 nm
Climatetransitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Terrainlowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
Elevation extremeshighest point: Aukstojas 294 m

lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m

mean elevation: 110 m
Natural resourcespeat, arable land, amber
Land useagricultural land: 44.8% (2018 est.)

arable land: 34.9% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 9.4% (2018 est.)

forest: 34.6% (2018 est.)

other: 20.6% (2018 est.)
Irrigated land44 sq km (2012)
Total renewable water resources24.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
Natural hazardsoccasional floods, droughts
Geography - notefertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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