GEOGRAPHY
Location:
Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland
Map
references: Europe
Area:
total area: 160 sq km
land area: 160 sq km
comparative
area: about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC
Land
boundaries: total 78 km, Austria 37 km, Switzerland 41 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime
claims: none; landlocked
International
disputes: claims 1,600 square kilometers of Czech territory
confiscated from its royal family in 1918; the Czech Republic
insists that restitution does not go back before February 1948,
when the Communists seized power
Climate:
continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain;
cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers
Terrain:
mostly mountainous (Alps) with Rhine Valley in western third
Natural
resources: hydroelectric potential
Land use:
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures:
38%
forest and woodland:
19%
other:
18%
Irrigated
land: NA sq km
Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: NA
international
agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen
Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic
Compounds, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,
Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified - Air
Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Law of the Sea
Note:
landlocked; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation
