Geography of Liechtenstein

Satellite image of Liechtenstein area, with the border shown in yellow

Location: Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland Map of Liechtenstein, converted directly from CIA World Factbook GIF Locates Vaduz and the villages of Ruggell, Nendeln, Schaan, Malbun, Balzers. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (992x653, 1323 KB) satellite image of Lichtenstein (yellow boundary) File links The following pages link to this file: Liechtenstein Geography of Liechtenstein ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (992x653, 1323 KB) satellite image of Lichtenstein (yellow boundary) File links The following pages link to this file: Liechtenstein Geography of Liechtenstein ... Regions of Europe Central Europe is the region lying between the variously and vaguely defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe. ...

Geographic coordinates: 47°10′N 9°32′E

Map references: Europe Bold text For other uses, see Map (disambiguation). ... Europe is conventionally considered one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to some dispute as to Europes actual borders. ...

Area: 160 km² (land, 0 km² water) Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...

Land boundaries:
total: 76 km
border countries: Austria 35 km, Switzerland 41 km To help compare different orders of magnitude this page lists lengths between 10 and 100 km (104 to 105 m). ...

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Terrain: mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third

Natural resources: hydroelectric potential, arable land Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ...

Land use:
arable land: 24%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 16%
forests and woodland: 35%
other: 25% (1993 est.)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: NA

Environment - current issues: NA

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands,
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea note - abbreviated as Air Pollution opened for signature - 13 November 1979 entered into force - 16 March 1983 objective - to protect the human environment against air pollution and to gradually reduce and prevent air pollution, including long-range transboundary air pollution parties - (48) Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria... Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991, was to provide for the control or reduction of nitrogen oxides and... Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on the Reduction of Sulphur Emissions or Their Transboundary Fluxes by at Least 30% opened for signature - July 8, 1985 entered into force - September 2, 1987 objective - to provide for a 30% reduction in sulphur emissions or transboundary fluxes... Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds or Their Transboundary Fluxes opened for signature - November 18, 1991 entered into force - September 29, 1997 objective - to provide for the control and reduction of emissions of volatile organic compounds... The Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty that was adopted at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. ... UNFCCC logo. ... United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa opened for signature - October 14, 1994 entered into force - December 26, 1996 objective - to combat desertification and mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported... The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is an international agreement between Governments, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the World Conservation Union (IUCN). ... The Basel Convention (verbose: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to prevent dumping of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). ... The Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer is an international treaty designed to protect the ozone layer from depletion by phasing out the production of a number of substances believed to be responsible for ozone depletion. ... The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, i. ... Kyoto Protocol Opened for signature December 11, 1997 in Kyoto, Japan Entered into force February 16, 2005. ... United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Opened for signature ??? at ??? Entered into force November 16, 1994[1] Conditions for entry into force 60 ratifications Parties 149[2] The term United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS, also called simply the Law of the Sea or...

Geography - note: along with Uzbekistan and Mongolia, one of only three doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation

Extreme points

• North - River Rhine 47°16′15″N, 9°31′51″E
• South - summit of Mazerakopf (2452 m) 47°2′55″N, 9°33′26″E
• East - border post 28, above Nenzinger Himmel 47°2′55″N, 9°33′26″E
• West - River Rhine 47°3′46″N, 9°28′18″E
• highest - Vorder Grauspitz (2599 m) 47°3′10″N, 9°34′54″E
• lowest - Bangserfeld (429 m) 47°15′57″N, 9°32′14″E