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<text id=94CT0840><title>Lithuania—Geography</title> <article><source>CIA Factbook</source> <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Lithuania<nl>Geography</hdr><body> <list> <item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Sweden and Russia <item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 65,200 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 65,200 sq km <item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly larger than West Virginia </list> <item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 1,273 km, Belarus 502 km, Latvia 453 km, Poland 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad) 227 km <item><hi format=bold>Coastline:</hi> 108 km <item><hi format=bold>Maritime claims:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>territorial sea:</hi> 12 nm </list> <item><hi format=bold>International disputes:</hi> dispute with Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) over the position of the Nemunas (Nemen) River border presently located on the Lithuanian bank and not in midriver as by international standards <item><hi format=bold>Climate:</hi> maritime; wet, moderate winters and summers <item><hi format=bold>Terrain:</hi> lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil <item><hi format=bold>Natural resources:</hi> peat <item><hi format=bold>Land use:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>arable land:</hi> 49.1% <item>• <hi format=ital>permanent crops:</hi> 0% <item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 22.2% <item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 16.3% <item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 12.4% </list> <item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 430 sq km (1990) <item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi> <list style=hang> <item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> contamination of soil and groundwater with petroleum products and chemicals at military bases <item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> NA <item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Ship Pollution; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Climate Change </list></list></body></article></text>