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Introduction - Georgia: | Location - Georgia: | Location | Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia | | Geographic coordinates | 42 00 N, 43 30 E | | Map references | Asia | | Area | total: 69,700 sq km
land: 69,700 sq km
water: 0 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than South Carolina | | Land boundaries | total: 1,461 km
border countries: Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km | | Coastline | 310 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm | | Climate | warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast | | Terrain | largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhetis Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; good soils in river valley flood plains, foothills of Kolkhida Lowland | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Mta Shkhara 5,201 m | | Natural resources | forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth | | Land use | arable land: 11.51%
permanent crops: 3.79%
other: 84.7% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 4,690 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | earthquakes | | Environment current issues | air pollution, particularly in Rustavi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals | | Environment international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |