<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Georgia<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 69,700 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 69,700 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly larger than South Carolina
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<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 1,461 km, Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km
<item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 310 km
<item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 12 nm in 1973 USSR-Turkish Protocol concerning the sea boundary between the two states in the Black Sea; Georgia claims the coastline along the Black Sea as its international waters, although it cannot control this area and the Russian navy and commercial ships transit freely
<item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
<item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhida Lowland opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland
<item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> forest lands, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ores, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth
<item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> NA%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 4,660 sq km (1990)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of safe drinking water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> NA