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<title>
Luxembourg: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Luxembourg
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Europe, between Belgium and Germany
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 2,586 km2</l>
<l> land area: 2,586 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than Rhode Island</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 359 km, Belgium 148 km, France 73 km,
Germany 138 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys;
uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to
Moselle floodplain in the southeast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: iron ore (no longer exploited)
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 24%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 1%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 20%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 21%</l>
<l> other: 34%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: deforestation
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked
</p></body></article></text>