| Location | Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia, west of Belarus |
| Geographic coordinates | 56 00 N, 24 00 E |
| Map references | Europe |
| Area | total: 65,300 sq km land: 62,680 sq km water: 2,620 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly larger than West Virginia |
| Land boundaries | total: 1,545 km border countries (4): Belarus 640 km, Latvia 544 km, Poland 100 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 261 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 | highest point: Aukstojas 294 m lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m mean elevation: 110 m |
| Natural resources | peat, arable land, amber |
| Land use | agricultural 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 land | 44 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 24.5 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | occasional floods, droughts |
| Geography - note | fertile 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
