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Ukraine
- Geography
Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
Geographic coordinates: 49 00 N, 32 00 E
Map references: Asia, Europe
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UTC: +2
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Note:
strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe
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Aera |
Total: total: 603,700 sq km
Rank:
45
Land: land: 603,700 sq km
Water: water: 0 sq km
Area
- comparative: slightly smaller than Texas
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Boundaries |
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Boundaries total: 4,663 km
Boundaries detail: 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
Coastline: 2,782 km
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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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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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Elevation extremes |
lowest
point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
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Land use |
Arable land: arable land: 53.8%
Irrigated land: 22,080 sq km
Permanent crops: 1.5%
Permanent pastures: 13%
Forests and woodland: 18%
Other: 44,7% (2005)
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Natural resources |
iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land
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Environment |
current issues: inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant
international agreements
- party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Enviro
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signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
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Maritime claims |
territorial sea: territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone:
exclusive economic zone: exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive fishing zone:
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