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fiogf49gjkf0d LITHUANIA IS A COUNTRY OF FORESTS, SWAMPS, AND MEADOWLANDS.
ON THE NORTH IT IS BORDERED BY LATVIA, ON THE EAST AND
SOUTH BY BYELORUSSIA AND ON THE SOUTHWEST BY POLAND AND
RUSSIA. IT IS PART OF THE NORTHERN EUROPEAN PLAIN THAT
STRETCHES FROM THE BALTIC SEA TO THE URAL MOUNTAINS AND
COVERS AN AREA OF 65,200 SQ.KM. THE LITHUANIAN LANDSCAPE IS
ESSENTIALLY A LOW-LYING PLAIN WITH MORAINES LEFT OVER FROM
THE ICE AGE GLACIERS. THE HIGHEST POINT IS THE JUOZAPINE AT
294 METRES. THE RIVERS HAVE A TOTAL LENGTH OF 2,720 KM AND
NEARLY A FIFTH OF THEM ARE NAVIGABLE. THERE ARE NEARLY 3000
LAKES IN THE NATION MOSTLY IN THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST.
THE GEOMETRICAL CENTER OF EUROPE LIES IN EASTERN LITHUANIA
NEAR THE VILLAGE BERNOTAI, 25KM (16 MILES) NORTH OF VILNIUS.
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