!!!Poland: Geography
||Location|Central Europe, east of Germany
||Geographic Coordinates|52 00 N, 20 00 E[{GoogleMap location='52.0,20.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''312,685 sq km\\''land: ''304,255 sq km\\''water: ''8,430 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''3,071 km\\''border countries: ''Belarus 418 km, Czech Republic 796 km, Germany 467 km, Lithuania 104 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 210 km, Slovakia 541 km, Ukraine 535 km
||Coastline|440 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''near Raczki Elblaskie -2 m\\''highest point: ''Rysy 2,499 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Rysy 2499 m; Swinica 2301 m; Kozi Wierch 2291 m; Starorobocianski Wierch 2176 m; Koscielec 2155 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Rysy 2499 m; Swinica 2301 m; Klyn 2176 m; Posredni Woloszyn 2117 m; Ciemniak 2096 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] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Europe/Poland/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
||Natural Hazards|flooding
||Natural Resource|coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt, amber, arable land
||Land Use|''arable land: ''35.49%\\''permanent crops: ''1.25%\\''other: ''63.26% (2011)
||Climate|temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
||Irrigated Land|1,157 sq km (2007)
||Renewable Water Resources|61.6 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|situation has improved since 1989 due to decline in heavy industry and increased environmental concern by post-Communist governments; air pollution nonetheless remains serious because of sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, and the resulting acid rain has caused forest damage; water pollution from industrial and municipal sources is also a problem, as is disposal of hazardous wastes; pollution levels should continue to decrease as industrial establishments bring their facilities up to EU code, but at substantial cost to business and the government
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, 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-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94
||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]: Warsaw; Krakow; Lodz; Wroclaw; Poznan\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Warsaw; Lódz; Kraków; Wroclaw; Poznan\\\\\__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/Europe/Poland/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of natural barriers on the North European Plain\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Europe/Poland/Geography/Important_Rivers]\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Europe/Poland/Geography/Important_Lakes]