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Belarus Geography 2013
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SOURCE: 2013 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES
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Page last updated on February 5, 2013

Location:
Eastern Europe, east of Poland

Geographic coordinates:
53 00 N, 28 00 E

Map references:
Europe

Area:
total: 207,600 sq km
[see also: Area - total country ranks ]
country comparison to the world: 86
land: 202,900 sq km
water: 4,700 sq km

Area - comparative:
slightly smaller than Kansas

Land boundaries:
total: 3,306 km
border countries: Latvia 171 km, Lithuania 680 km, Poland 605 km, Russia 959 km, Ukraine 891 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]

Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]

Maritime claims:
none (landlocked)

Climate:
cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
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Terrain:
generally flat and contains much marshland

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks ]
highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m

Natural resources:
timber, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay

Land use:
arable land: 26.77%
[see also: Land use - arable land country ranks ]
permanent crops: 0.6%
other: 72.63% (2005)

Irrigated land:
1,310 sq km (2003)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]

Total renewable water resources:
58 cu km (1997)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
total: 2.79 cu km/yr (23%/47%/30%)
[see also: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total country ranks ]
per capita: 286 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:
NA

Environment - current issues:
soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:
landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes


NOTE: The information regarding Belarus on this page is re-published from the 2013 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Belarus Geography 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Belarus Geography 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.


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