Liechtenstein's Geography | Liechtenstein Geography

Location: Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland

Geographic coordinates: 47 16 N, 9 32 E

Map references: Europe

Area: Total: 160 sq km land: 160 sq km water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: About 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: Total: 76 km border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km

Coastline: 0 km (doubly landlocked)

Maritime claims: None (landlocked)

Climate: Continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Terrain: Mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third

Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m highest point: Grauspitz 2,599 m

Natural resources: Hydroelectric potential, arable land

Land use: Arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (2001)

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Natural hazards: NA

Environment - current issues: NA

Environment - international agreements: 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

Geography - note: Along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation

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