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Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway Geographic coordinates
62 00 N, 15 00 E
Map references
Europe
Area World Ranking: 56
Total 450,295 sq km
Land 410,335 sq km Water 39,960 sq km Area - comparative
Slightly larger than California Land boundaries
Total 2,233 km
Border countries Finland 614 km, Norway 1,619 km Coastline
3,218 km
Maritime claims
Territorial sea
12 nm (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas) Exclusive economic zone Agreed boundaries or midlinesContinental shelf 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation Climate
Temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north Terrain
Mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west Elevation extremes
Lowest point
Reclaimed bay of Lake Hammarsjon, near Kristianstad -2.4 m Highest point Kebnekaise 2,111 mNatural resources
Iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, gold, silver, tungsten, uranium, arsenic, feldspar, timber, hydropower Land use
Arable land 5.93%
Permanent crops 0.01% Other 94.06% (2005) Irrigated land
1,600 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources
179 cu km (2005)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)
Total 2.68 cu km/yr (37%/54%/9%)
Per capita 296 cu m/yr (2002) Natural hazards
Ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic Environment - current issues
Acid rain damage to soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea Environment - international agreements
Party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling Signed, but not ratified None of the selected agreements Geography - note
Strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas
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