Location:
Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland
Geographic coordinates:
47 16 N, 9 32 E
Map references:
Europe
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 160 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 218
land: 160 sq km
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water: 0 sq km
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about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC
total: 76 km
border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km
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0 km (doubly landlocked)
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none (landlocked)
continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers
mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third
lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m
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highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m
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hydroelectric potential, arable land
arable land: 25%
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permanent crops: 0%
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other: 75% (2005)
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NA
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
NA
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, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea
along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation