Geography (Poland)
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     Total area:
         312,680 km2
     Land area:
         304,510 km2
     Comparative area:
         slightly smaller than New Mexico
     Land boundaries:
         3,321 km total; Belarus 605 km, Czechoslovakia 1,309 km, Germany 456 km,
         Lithuania 91 km, Russia (Kaliningrad Oblast) 432 km, Ukraine 428 km
     Coastline:
         491 km
     Maritime claims:
       Exclusive economic zone:
         200 nm
       Territorial sea:
         12 nm
     Disputes:
         none
     Climate:
         temperate with cold, cloudy, moderately severe winters with frequent
         precipitation; mild summers with frequent showers and thundershowers
     Terrain:
         mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border
     Natural resources:
         coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt
     Land use:
         arable land 46%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 13%; forest and
         woodland 28%; other 12%; includes irrigated NEGL%
     Environment:
         plain crossed by a few north flowing, meandering streams; severe air and
         water pollution in south
     Note:
         historically, an area of conflict because of flat terrain and the lack of
         natural barriers on the North European Plain