Location: | Western Europe, between France and Germany |
| Geographic coordinates: | 49 45 N, 6 10 E |
| Map references: | Europe |
| Area: | total: 2,586 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 2,586 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Rhode Island |
| Land boundaries: | total: 359 km
border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| Climate: | modified continental with mild winters, cool summers |
| Terrain: | mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Moselle River 133 m
highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m |
| Natural resources: | iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land |
| Land use: | arable land: 23.28%
permanent crops: 0.4%
other: 76.32% (includes Belgium) (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 40 sq km (includes Belgium) (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | NA |
| Environment - current issues: | air and water pollution in urban areas, soil pollution of farmland |
| 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, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification |
| Geography - note: | landlocked; the only Grand Duchy in the world
Source: CIA World Factbook
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