Facts about Lithuania

From the cartographic point of view, Lithuania is a Central European rather than an Eastern European country, as is sometimes groundlessly claimed. Located in the centre of Europe, Lithuania is situated at one of the largest crossroads of the continent. It is divided by a straight line connecting Paris and Berlin with Moscow via Vilnius, whereas another straight line, connecting Helsinki with Athens, also crosses the centre of Lithuania.
Lithuania is a country at a crossroads. Such a location provides many communication conveniences but at the same time is fraught with serious dangers as far as the country's security is concerned.
Lithuania is part of the economic region, known as the Baltic Republics, extending along the Eastern coast of the Baltic sea. Lithuania's area is 65.200 sq. km. Lithuania borders are on Latvia in the north (610 km of the border line), on Byelorussia in the east and south (720 km), and Poland (110 km) and the Kaliningrad region of the Russian Federation (303 km) in the southwest. The total length of the mainland borders is 1747 km, with the sea coastline extending for another 99 km. From east to west the country stretches 373 km, and the distance from the southern end of the country to the northern one is 276 km.
Lithuania is part of the East European Plain. On the territory of Lithuania hilly uplands alternate with lowland plains. Three lowland plains (Pajuris Lowland, Middle Lowland, and Eastern Lowland) and three uplands (Zemaiciai or Baltic Upland, Aukstaiciai Upland, and Eastern Upland). The highest point in Lithuania is Kruopine Hill (293 m.).
The climate of Lithuania is transitional between maritime and continental. In the 12-15 kilometers-wide coastal zone it is maritime, and in the Eastern part of the country it is continental. From the point of view of suitability for human health...

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