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Geography
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia
56 00 N, 24 00 E
Area: 
total: 65,300 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
122
land: 62,680 sq km
water: 2,620 sq km
slightly larger than West Virginia
total: 1,574 km
border countries: Belarus 680 km, Latvia 576 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km
90 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
Current Weather
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Aukstojas 294 m
peat, arable land, amber
arable land: 44.81%
permanent crops: 0.9%
other: 54.29% (2005)
70 sq km (2003)
24.5 cu km (2005)
total: 3.33 cu km/yr (78%/15%/7%)
per capita: 971 cu m/yr (2003)
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contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits
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