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Belarus GEOGRAPHY
Size: Approximately 207,600 square kilometers.
Topography: Hilly landscape with many lakes and
gently
sloping ridges created by glaciers in north; low-lying
swampy
plain in south. One-third of country covered by
unpopulated
forest tracts. Highest point 346 meters.
Climate: Temperate continental. Average annual
precipitation ranges from 550 to 700 millimeters and is
sometimes
excessive.
Data as of June 1995
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