Territory (at the end of 2002), thousand sq.km
Land agricultural land forests Inland waters |
64.6
62.1 24.8 28.8 2.5 |
Border length, km
land border length with Estonia (in the North) with Russia (in the East) with Belarus (in the Southeast) with Lithuania (in the South) coast border length |
1862
1368 343 282 167 576 494 |
Average height of the territory above sea level, m
|
87 |
Highest point of the territory (Gaizinkalns), m |
312 |
The longest rivers, km:
The Daugava of which within the territory of Latvia The Gauja The Venta of which within the territory of Latvia |
1005 352 452 346 178 |
The largest lakes, sq.km:
Lubans Razna Engures Burtnieks
|
80.7 57.6 40.5 40.1 |
Preservable and protected areas, thousand ha:
national parks reserves protected areas, country parks, regions of protected landscape and biosphere reserve |
161.0 24.5
866.8 |
Population (at the end of 2001), thousand |
2331 |