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Poland GEOGRAPHY
Size: 312,683 square kilometers, including
inland
waters.
Topography: Chiefly plains, most notably in vast
central lowlands; significant highlands in southwest
(Sudeten
Mountains) and southeast (Tatra Mountains, northernmost
part of
Carpathian range). Only 3 percent above 500 meters, about
90
percent below 300 meters. Wide lake region above central
lowland
dotted with lakes occupying about 10 percent of surface
area.
Climate: Dominant continental climate year
round, but
considerable winter snow and fog from maritime air
currents.
Summers less humid with occasional showers; rainy season
in
November. Longest growing season in southwest, shortest in
northeast. Average annual precipitation 600 millimeters,
higher
in mountains. Summer precipitation averages twice that in
winter.
Data as of October 1992
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