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<title>
Poland: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Poland
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Central Europe, between Germany and Belarus
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 312,680 km2</l>
<l> land area: 304,510 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than New Mexico</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 3,114 km, Belarus 605 km, Czech
Republic 658 km, Germany 456 km, Lithuania 91 km, Russia
(Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Slovakia 444 km, Ukraine 428 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 491 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe
winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent
showers and thundershowers
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
</p>
<p>Natural resources: coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver,
lead, salt
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 46%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 1%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 13%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 28%</l>
<l> other: 12%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,000 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: plain crossed by a few north flowing, meandering
streams; severe air and water pollution in south
</p>
<p>Note: historically, an area of conflict because of flat
terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European
Plain
</p></body></article></text>