Location:
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe; note - Georgia views itself as part of Europe
Geographic coordinates:
42 00 N, 43 30 E
Map references:
Middle East
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
69,700 sq km
country comparison to the world: 121
land:
69,700 sq km
water:
0 sq km
slightly smaller than South Carolina
total:
1,814 km
border countries:
Armenia 219 km, Azerbaijan 428 km, Russia 894 km, Turkey 273 km
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310 km
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territorial sea:
12 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
More Climate Details
largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
lowest point:
Black Sea 0 m
highest point:
Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
timber, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
arable land:
5.94%
permanent crops:
1.65%
other:
92.41% (2011)
4,328 sq km (2007)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
63.33 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total:
1.81 cu km/yr (20%/22%/58%)
per capita:
410.6 cu m/yr (2005)
earthquakes
air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
party to:
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them