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Ukraine
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
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Location
Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east
Geographic coordinates
49 00 N, 32 00 E
Map references
AsiaEurope
Area
Total
603,550 sq km
Land
579,330 sq km
Water
24,220 sq km
Area - comparative
almost four times the size of Georgia; slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries
Total
5,581 km
Border countries
Belarus 1,111 km; Hungary 128 km; Moldova 1,202 km; Poland 498 km; Romania 601 km; Russia 1,944 km, Slovakia 97 km
Coastline
2,782 km
Maritime claims
Territorial sea
12 nm
Exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Continental shelf
200 m or to the depth of exploitation
Climate
temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; warm summers across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
Terrain
mostly fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountains found only in the west (the Carpathians) or in the extreme south of the Crimean Peninsula
Elevation
Highest point
Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
Lowest point
Black Sea 0 m
Mean elevation
175 m
Natural resources
iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land
Land use
Agricultural land
71.3% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 56.8% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 1.5% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 13% (2023 est.)
Forest
17.3% (2023 est.)
Other
10.4% (2023 est.)
Irrigated land
1,000 sq km (2022)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Dunay (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Dnipro (Dnieper) river mouth (shared with Russia [s] and Belarus) - 2,287 km; Dnister (Dniester) river source and mouth (shared with Moldova) - 1,411 km; Vistula (shared with Poland [s/m] and Belarus) - 1,213 km
note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Major watersheds (area sq km)
Atlantic Ocean drainage
(Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km), Don (458,694 sq km), Dnieper (533,966 sq km)
Population distribution
densest settlement in the eastern (Donbas) and western regions; notable concentrations in and around major urban areas of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa
Note
note: the ongoing war with Russia has shifted significant portions of the population, particularly in the east
Natural hazards
occasional floods; occasional droughts
Geography - note
strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe after Russia