Lithuania Geography 1997

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: 65,200 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative slightly larger than West Virginia

Land boundaries
total: 1,273 km
border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227km

Coastline 99 km

Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate wintersand summers

Terrain lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapine Kalnas 292 m

Natural resources peat

Land use
arable land: 35%
permanent crops : 12%
permanent pastures: 7%
forests and woodland: 31%
other: 15% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land 430 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards NA

Environment - current issues contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicalsat military bases

Environment - international agreements
party to : Biodiversity, Climate Change, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution,Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

NOTE: The information regarding Lithuania on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Lithuania Geography 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Lithuania Geography 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.