Geography of Liechtenstein
Location: | Central Europe, between Austria and Switzerland |
Geographic coordinates: | 47 16 N, 9 32 E |
Map references: | Europe |
Area: | total: 160 sq km land: 160 sq km water: 0 sq km |
Area - comparative: | about 0.9 times the size of Washington, DC |
Land boundaries: | total: 76 km border countries: Austria 34.9 km, Switzerland 41.1 km |
Coastline: | 0 km (doubly landlocked) |
Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
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 |
Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Ruggeller Riet 430 m highest point: Vorder-Grauspitz 2,599 m |
Natural resources: | hydroelectric potential, arable land |
Land use: | arable land: 25% permanent crops: 0% other: 75% (2005) |
Irrigated land: | NA |
Natural hazards: | NA |
Environment - current issues: | NA |
Environment - international agreements: | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea |
Geography - note: | along with Uzbekistan, one of only two doubly landlocked countries in the world; variety of microclimatic variations based on elevation |