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Belarus is located in Eastern Europe, east of Poland, in the timezone GMT 2. The country has
boundaries of 2,900 - Latvia 141, Lithuania 502, Poland 407, Russia 959, Ukraine 891 (km), and a coastline of 0 (km). Major urban areas: Minsk, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev.
Elevations
Lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m
Highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m
Physical Features
Maily flat and contains much marshland. Main features are Dnieper river, Zapadnaya river and Dvina river
Hazards
Climate
Cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime
Natural Resources
Forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay
Land Use
Arable land: 26.77% permanent crops: 0.6% other: 72.63% (2005)
Renewable Water Resources
58 cu km (1997)
Fresh Water Withdrawal
total: 2.79 cu km/yr (23%/47%/30%) per capita: 286 cu m/yr (2000)
Environmental Issues
Soil pollution from pesticide use; southern part of the country contaminated with fallout from 1986 nuclear reactor accident at Chornobyl' in northern Ukraine
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