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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 note: includes 1,520 islands in the baltic sea water: 2,015 sq km land: 43,211 sq km |
| 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: 16.04% permanent crops: 0.45% other: 83.51% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 40 sq km (1998 est.) |
| 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-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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