Luxembourg

Location	Western Europe, between France and Germany
Geographic coordinates	49 45 N, 6 10 E
Map references	Europe
Area	total: 2,586 sq km land: 2,586 sq km water: 0 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly smaller than Rhode Island
Land boundaries	total: 359 km border countries: Belgium 148 km, France 73 km, Germany 138 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	modified continental with mild winters, cool summers
Terrain	mostly gently rolling uplands with broad, shallow valleys; uplands to slightly mountainous in the north; steep slope down to Moselle flood plain in the southeast
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Moselle River 133 m highest point: Buurgplaatz 559 m
Natural resources	iron ore (no longer exploited), arable land
Land use	arable land: 27.42% permanent crops: 0.69% other: 71.89% (includes Belgium) (2005)
Irrigated land	NA
Total renewable water resources	1.6 cu km (2005)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 0.06 cu km/yr (42%/45%/13%) per capita: 121 cu m/yr (1999)
Natural hazards	NA
Environment - current issues	air and water pollution in urban areas, soil pollution of farmland
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Environmental Modification
Geography - note	landlocked; the only Grand Duchy in the world