Location:
Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland
Geographic coordinates:
47 16 N, 9 32 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
160 sq km
country comparison to the world: 219
land:
160 sq km
water:
0 sq km
about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC
total:
76 km
border countries:
Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
0 km (doubly landlocked)
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers
mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third
lowest point:
Ruggeller Riet 430 m
highest point:
Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m
hydroelectric potential, arable land
arable land:
21.88%
permanent crops:
0%
other:
78.12% (2011)
NA
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
NA
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, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Law of the Sea
along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation