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Ukraine

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 Reference : asia. europe

Area : total: 603.700 sq km land: 603.700 sq km water: 0 sq km

Area Comparative: slightly smaller than texas

Ukraine More Facts

Land boundaries : total: 4.663 km 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

coastline : 250

Maritime Claims : territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation
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

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

Elevation extremes : lowest point: black sea 0 m highest point: hora hoverla 2.061 m

Natural Resources :iron ore. coal. manganese. natural gas. oil. salt. sulfur. graphite. titanium. magnesium. kaolin. nickel. mercury. timber. arable land

Land use : arable land: 56.21% permanent crops: 1.61% other: 42.18% (2001)

Irrigated Lands : 24.540 sq km (1998 est.)