| EUROPEAN UNION GEOGRAPHY STATS: |
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Area > Comparative to US places
less than one-half the size of the US |
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Area > Total
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4,324,782 sq km |
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[13th of 250]
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Definition: Geography > Area > Total |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Climate
cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south |
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Definition: Geography > Climate |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Coastline
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65,992.9 km |
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[5th of 271]
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Definition: Geography > Coastline |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Elevation extremes > Highest point
Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy |
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Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Highest point |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Elevation extremes > Lowest point
Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m |
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Definition: Geography > Elevation extremes > Lowest point |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Irrigated land
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131,250 sq km |
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[5th of 196]
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Definition: Geography > Irrigated land |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Land boundaries > Border countries
Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein 34.9 km, Macedonia 394 km, Moldova 450 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia 945 km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 446 km, Ukraine 1,257 km |
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Definition: Geography > Land boundaries > Border countries |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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Land boundaries > Total
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12,440.8 km |
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[5th of 166]
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Definition: Geography > Land boundaries > Total |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Location
Europe between the North Atlantic Ocean in the west and Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east |
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Definition: Geography > Location |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Map references
Central America and the Caribbean |
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Definition: Geography > Map references |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Natural hazards
flooding along coasts; avalanches in mountainous area; earthquakes in the south; volcanic eruptions in Italy; periodic droughts in Spain; ice floes in the Baltic |
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Definition: Geography > Natural hazards |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 22 August 2006
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Natural resources
iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish |
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Definition: Geography > Natural resources |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
Terrain
fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas |
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Definition: Geography > Terrain |
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Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008 |
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