Location: | Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia |
| Geographic coordinates: | 56 00 N, 24 00 E |
| Map references: | Europe |
| Area: | total: 65,200 sq km
water: NA sq km
land: NA sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly larger than West Virginia |
| Land boundaries: | total: 1,273 km
border countries: Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km |
| Coastline: | 99 km |
| 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 extremes: | lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Juozapines/Kalnas 292 m |
| Natural resources: | peat, arable land |
| Land use: | arable land: 45.22%
permanent crops: 0.91%
other: 53.87% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 90 sq km (1998 est.) |
| 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, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| Geography - note: | fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits
Source: CIA World Factbook
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