Ukraine: Geography#
| Location | Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Poland, Romania, and Moldova in the west and Russia in the east |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 49 00 N, 32 00 E 49.0,32.0 |
| Area | total: 603,550 sq km land: 579,330 sq km water: 24,220 sq km [Verified in 8 databases] |
| Land boundaries | total: 4,566 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 940 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 176 km, Romania (southwest) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km |
| Coastline | 2,782 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Black Sea 0 m highest point: Hora Hoverla 2,061 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Goverla 2061 m; Chorna Gora 2020 m According to Geonames: Hora Hoverla 2061 m; Hora Petros 2020 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
| Terrain | most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south |
| Natural Hazards | NA |
| Natural Resource | iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 53.85% permanent crops: 1.48% other: 44.67% (2011) |
| 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; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south |
| Irrigated Land | 21,750 sq km (2010) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 139.6 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Kyiv; Kharkiv; Dnipropetrovsk; Odesa; Donetsk According to Geonames: Kiev; Kharkiv; Dnipropetrovsk; Donetsk; Odessa Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe Important Rivers |