!!!Estonia: Geography
||Location|Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland, between Latvia and Russia
||Geographic Coordinates|59 00 N, 26 00 E[{GoogleMap location='59.0,26.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''45,228 sq km\\''land: ''42,388 sq km\\''water: ''2,840 sq km\\''__note:__ ''includes 1,520 islands in the Baltic Sea__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 45228\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 45099\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 45226\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 0\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 45227\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 45228''__\\__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]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''657 km\\''border countries: ''Latvia 333 km, Russia 324 km
||Coastline|3,794 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Baltic Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Suur Munamagi 318 m
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||Terrain|marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south
||Natural Hazards|sometimes flooding occurs in the spring
||Natural Resource|oil shale, peat, rare earth elements, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud
||Land Use|''arable land: ''13.97%\\''permanent crops: ''0.13%\\''other: ''85.89% (2011)
||Climate|maritime; wet, moderate winters, cool summers
||Irrigated Land|4.58 sq km (2010)
||Renewable Water Resources|12.81 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amount of pollutants emitted to the air have fallen steadily, the emissions of 2000 were 80% less than in 1980; the amount of unpurified wastewater discharged to water bodies in 2000 was 1/20 the level of 1980; in connection with the start-up of new water purification plants, the pollution load of wastewater decreased; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, 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|Tallinn; Tartu; Narva; Kohtla-Jarve; Parnu\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Europe/Estonia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Europe/Estonia/Geography/Important_Rivers]\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Europe/Estonia/Geography/Important_Lakes]