Geography
Ukraine
Area
land
579,330 sq km
water
24,220 sq km
total
603,550 sq km
Climate
The climate is predominantly temperate continental; Mediterranean conditions are found solely along the southern coast of Crimea; precipitation is unevenly distributed, with the highest amounts occurring in the west and north, while the east and southeast receive less; winter temperatures range from cool near the Black Sea to colder conditions further inland; the majority of the country experiences warm summers, which can be hot in the southern regions
Terrain
The landscape consists mainly of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, with mountainous regions located only in the west (the Carpathians) or the far south of the Crimean Peninsula
Land use
other
10.4% (2023 est.)
forest
17.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
71.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 56.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 1.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 13% (2023 est.)
Location
Located in Eastern Europe, it borders the Black Sea, situated between Poland, Belarus, Romania, and Moldova to the west and Russia to the east
Coastline
2,782 km
Elevation
lowest point
Black Sea 0 m
highest point
Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
mean elevation
175 m
Irrigated land
1,000 sq km (2022)
Map references
AsiaEurope
Land boundaries
total
5,581 km
border countries
Belarus 1,111 km; Hungary 128 km; Moldova 1,202 km; Poland 498 km; Romania 601 km; Russia 1,944 km; Slovakia 97 km
Maritime claims
territorial sea
12 nm
continental shelf
200 m or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone
200 nm
Natural hazards
Experiences occasional flooding and sporadic droughts
Geography - note
Holds a strategic location at the intersection of Europe and Asia; it is the second-largest nation in Europe, following Russia
Natural resources
Natural resources include iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, and arable land
Area - comparative
It is nearly four times larger than Georgia and slightly smaller than Texas
Geographic coordinates
49 00 N, 32 00 E
Population distribution
The highest population density is found in the eastern (Donbas) and western areas; significant urban concentrations exist in and around major cities such as Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donets'k, Dnipropetrovs'k, and Odesa
Major watersheds (area sq km)
Atlantic Ocean drainage
(Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km), Don (458,694 sq km), Dnieper (533,966 sq km)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Dunay (Danube) (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Dnipro (Dnieper) river mouth (shared with Russia [s] and Belarus) - 2,287 km; Dnister (Dniester) river source and mouth (shared with Moldova) - 1,411 km; Vistula (shared with Poland [s/m] and Belarus) - 1,213 km
note: [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth