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<text id=93CT1319>
<title>
Sweden--Geography
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Sweden
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between
Norway and Finland
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 449,964 km2</l>
<l> land area: 410,928 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than California</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 2,205 km, Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619
km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 3,218 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of
exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and
cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in
west
</p>
<p>Natural resources: zinc, iron ore, lead, copper, silver,
timber, uranium, hydropower potential
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 7%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 0%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 2%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 64%</l>
<l> other: 27%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 1,120 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: water pollution; acid rain
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location along Danish Straits linking Baltic
and North Seas
</p></body></article></text>