!!!Georgia: Geography
||Location|Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe; note - Georgia views itself as part of Europe
||Geographic Coordinates|42 00 N, 43 30 E[{GoogleMap location='42.0,43.5' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''69,700 sq km\\''land: ''69,700 sq km\\''water: ''0 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''1,814 km\\''border countries: ''Armenia 219 km, Azerbaijan 428 km, Russia 894 km, Turkey 273 km
||Coastline|310 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Black Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Mt'a Shkhara 5,201 m
||Highest Mountains|__As there is no entry in [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com] we are listing mountain list of [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org] only:__\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Gora Shkhara 5068 m; Gora Dzhangitau 5058 m; Gora Kazbek 5033 m; Gora Gistola 4859 m; Mta Tetnuldi 4852 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] 
||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
||Natural Hazards|earthquakes
||Natural Resource|timber, 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: ''5.94%\\''permanent crops: ''1.65%\\''other: ''92.41% (2011)
||Climate|warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast
||Irrigated Land|4,328 sq km (2007)
||Renewable Water Resources|63.33 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|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
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Tbilisi; Kutaisi; Batumi; Rustavi; Sukhumi\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Tbilisi; Kutaisi; Batumi; Sokhumi; Zugdidi\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/Asia/Georgia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Asia/Georgia/Geography/Important_Lakes]