Location:
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia, west of Belarus

Geographic coordinates:
56 00 N, 24 00 E

Map references:
Europe

Area:
total: 65,300 sq km
[see also: Area - total country ranks ]
land: 62,680 sq km
[see also: Area - land country ranks ]
water: 2,620 sq km
[see also: Area - water country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 123

Area - comparative:
slightly larger than West Virginia
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Land boundaries:
total: 1,549 km
border countries (4): Belarus 640 km, Latvia 544 km, Poland 104 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 261 km
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Coastline:
90 km
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Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate:
transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers

Terrain:
lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil

Elevation:
mean elevation:
[see also: Mean Elevation country ranks ]
elevation extremes:
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Aukstojas 294 m

Natural resources:
peat, arable land, amber

Land use:
agricultural land: 44.8% arable land 34.9%; permanent crops 0.5%; permanent pasture 9.4%
[see also: Land use - agricultural land country ranks ]
forest: 34.6%
[see also: Land use - forest country ranks ]
other: 20.6% (2011 est.)
[see also: Land use - other country ranks ]

Irrigated land:
44 sq km (2012)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]

Total renewable water resources:
24.9 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 2.38 cu km/yr (7%/90%/3%)
per capita: 703.8 cu m/yr (2009)

Natural hazards:
NA

Environment - current issues:
contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases

Environment - international agreements:
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

Geography - note:
fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits