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Geography of Belarus
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Belarus is a landlocked, generally flat country (the average elevation is 162 meters (531 ft) above sea level) without natural borders, that occupies an area of 207,600 square kilometers (80,200 sq mi).[3][lower-alpha 1] Its neighbors are Russia to the east and northeast, Latvia to the north, Lithuania to the northwest, Poland to the west, and Ukraine to the south.[3] Its extension from north to south is 560 km (350 mi), from west to east is 650 km (400 mi).[4]
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over 60%
50–60%
40–50%
30–40%
20–30%
less than 20%
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