Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Table of contents 1 Location 2 Geographic coordinates 3 Area 4 Land boundaries 5 Maritime claims 6 Elevation extremes 7 Natural resources 8 Land use 9 Natural hazards 10 Environment 11 See also 12 References Location Northern Europe, Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering the Baltic Sea, Gulf of Bothnia, Kattegat, and Skagerrak, between Finland and Norway. Strategic location along Öresund and the Danish Straits linking Baltic and North Seas. Climate: temperate in south with cold, cloudy winters and cool, partly cloudy summers; subarctic in north Terrain: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west Geographic coordinates 62°00' North 15°00' East Area total: 449,964 km² land: 410,934 km² water: 39,030 km² slightly larger than California Land boundaries total: 2,205 km border countries: Finland 586 km, Norway 1,619 km Coastline: 3,218 km Maritime claims continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: agreed boundaries or midlines territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (adjustments made to return a portion of straits to high seas) Elevation extremes lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m highest point: Kebnekaise 2,111 m Natural resources zinc iron ore lead copper silver timber uranium hydropower Land use arable land: 7% permanent crops: 0% permanent pastures: 1% forests and woodland: 68% other: 24% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 1,150 km² (1993 est.) Natural hazards ice floes in the surrounding waters, especially in the Gulf of Bothnia, can interfere with maritime traffic Environment current issues: acid rain damaging soils and lakes; pollution of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea international agreements: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol See also Islands of Sweden Lakes of Sweden Rivers of Sweden National parks of Sweden References CIA World Factbook 2001 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.