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Location

Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia

Geographic coordinates

59 00 N, 26 00 E

Map references

Europe

Area

total: 45,226 sq km
land: 43,211 sq km
water: 2,015 sq km
note: includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea

Area comparative

slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined

Land boundaries

total: 633 km
border countries: Latvia 339 km, Russia 294 km

Coastline

3,794 km

Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: limits fixed in coordination with neighboring states

Climate

maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers

Terrain

marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south

Elevation extremes

lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
highest point: Suur Munamagi 318 m

Natural resources

oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud

Land use

arable land: 12.05%
permanent crops: 0.35%
other: 87.6% (2005)

Irrigated land

40 sq km (2003)

Natural hazards

sometimes flooding occurs in the spring

Environment current issues

air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amount of pollutants emitted to the air have fallen steadily, the emissions of 2000 were 80% less than in 1980; the amount of unpurified wastewater discharged to water bodies in 2000 was one twentieth the level of 1980; in connection with the start-up of new water purification plants, the pollution load of wastewater decreased; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations

Environment international agreements

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ship Pollution, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography note

the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands

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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007
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