My World Factbook
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Geography
Western Europe, between France and Germany
49 45 N, 6 10 E
Area: 
total: 2,586 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
178
land: 2,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly smaller than Rhode Island
total: 359 km
border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast
lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land
arable land: 27.42%
permanent crops: 0.69%
other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)
NA
1.6 cu km (2005)
total: 0.06 cu km/yr (42%/45%/13%)
per capita: 121 cu m/yr (1999)
NA
air and water pollution in urban areas, soil pollution of farmland
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, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
landlocked; the only Grand Duchy in the world
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