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World > Europe >
Luxembourg > Geography (Facts)
| Luxembourg - Geography (Facts) |
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| Location: |
Western Europe, between France and Germany |
| Geographic coordinates: |
49 45 N, 6 10 E |
| Map references: |
Europe |
| Area: |
total: 2,586 sq km
land: 2,586 sq km
water: 0 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: 23.94%
permanent crops: 0.39%
other: 75.67% (includes Belgium) (2005) |
| Irrigated land: |
NA |
| 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 |
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