| Location | Eastern Europe, east of Poland |
| Geographic coordinates | 53 00 N, 28 00 E |
| Map references | Europe |
| Area | total: 207,600 sq km land: 202,900 sq km water: 4,700 sq km |
| Area - comparative | slightly less than twice the size of Kentucky; slightly smaller than Kansas |
| Land boundaries | total: 3,599 km border countries (5): Latvia 161 km, Lithuania 640 km, Poland 375 km, Russia 1312 km, Ukraine 1111 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | cold winters, cool and moist summers; transitional between continental and maritime |
| Terrain | generally flat with much marshland |
| Elevation extremes | highest point: Dzyarzhynskaya Hara 346 m lowest point: Nyoman River 90 m mean elevation: 160 m |
| Natural resources | timber, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay |
| Land use | agricultural land: 43.7% (2018 est.) arable land: 27.2% (2018 est.) permanent crops: 0.6% (2018 est.) permanent pasture: 15.9% (2018 est.) forest: 42.7% (2018 est.) other: 13.6% (2018 est.) |
| Irrigated land | 1,140 sq km (2012) |
| Total renewable water resources | 57.9 billion cubic meters (2017 est.) |
| Natural hazards | large tracts of marshy land |
| Geography - note | landlocked; glacial scouring accounts for the flatness of Belarusian terrain and for its 11,000 lakes |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
