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| Location | Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia |
| Geographic coordinates | 42 00 N, 43 30 E |
| Map references | asia |
| Area |
total: 69,700 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 69,700 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than South Carolina |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,461 km border countries: armenia 164 km, azerbaijan 322 km, russia 723 km, turkey 252 km |
| Coastline | 310 km |
| Maritime claims | No data available |
| Climate | warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast |
| Terrain | largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: black sea 0 m highest point: mt'a shkhara 5,201 m |
| Natural resources | forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth |
| Land use |
arable land: 11.44% permanent crops: 3.86% other: 84.7% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 4,700 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | earthquakes |
| Environment - current issues | air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals |
| Environment - international agreements |
party to: air pollution, biodiversity, climate change, climate change-kyoto protocol, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, ozone layer protection, ship pollution, wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography note | strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them |
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