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| UKRAINIAN GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Land
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44 sq km
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[44th of 236]
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Area > Total
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50 sq km
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[50th of 248]
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Area > Water
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201 sq km
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[201st of 237]
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Climate
temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south |
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Coastline
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48 km
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[48th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Hora Hoverla 2,061 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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Black Sea 0 m |
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Forested Land
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128% |
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[128th of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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49 00 N, 32 00 E |
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Geography > Note
strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 526 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 97 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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3 %
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[3rd of 241]
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Largest city
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Kiev |
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Largest city population
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37 |
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[37th of 174]
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Location
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east |
Map references
Europe |
Natural resources
iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land |
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Population density
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109 people per sqkm |
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[109th of 256]
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Precipitation
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59 mm |
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[59th of 95]
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Terrain
most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south |
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SOURCES: Total land area in square kilometres
; Total area in square kilometers
; Total water area in square kilometers
; A brief description of typical weather regimes throughout the year.
; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
; Highest point above sea level
; Lowest point relative to sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; Length of land boundaries by border country
; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Ukraine, Ukrayina
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