!!!European Union: Geography
||Location|Europe between the North Atlantic Ocean in the west and Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine to the east
||Geographic Coordinates|NA[{GoogleMap location='NA' zoom='4'}]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''12,440.8 km\\''border countries: ''Albania 282 km, Andorra 120.3 km, Belarus 1,050 km, Croatia 999 km, Holy See 3.2 km, Liechtenstein 34.9 km, Macedonia 394 km, Moldova 450 km, Monaco 4.4 km, Norway 2,348 km, Russia 2,257 km, San Marino 39 km, Serbia 945 km, Switzerland 1,811 km, Turkey 446 km, Ukraine 1,257 km\\''__note:__ ''data for European Continent only
||Coastline|65,992.9 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Lammefjord, Denmark -7 m; Zuidplaspolder, Netherlands -7 m\\''highest point: ''Mont Blanc 4,807 m; note - situated on the border between France and Italy
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||Terrain|fairly flat along the Baltic and Atlantic coast; mountainous in the central and southern areas
||Natural Hazards|flooding along coasts; avalanches in mountainous area; earthquakes in the south; volcanic eruptions in Italy; periodic droughts in Spain; ice floes in the Baltic
||Natural Resource|iron ore, natural gas, petroleum, coal, copper, lead, zinc, bauxite, uranium, potash, salt, hydropower, arable land, timber, fish
||Land Use|''arable land: ''24.91\\''permanent crops: ''2.75\\''other: ''72.34 (2011)
||Climate|cold temperate; potentially subarctic in the north to temperate; mild wet winters; hot dry summers in the south
||Irrigated Land|154,539.82 sq km (2011 est.)
||Renewable Water Resources|2,057.76 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|NA
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94\\''signed but not ratified: ''Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds
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||Geography-note|NA