| Climate Estonia :
| maritime, wet, moderate winters, cool summers
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| Terrain Estonia :
| marshy, lowlands; flat in the north, hilly in the south
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| Elevation extremes lowest Estonia :
| Baltic Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Estonia :
| Suur Munamagi 318 m
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| Natural resources Estonia :
| oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud
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| Land use arableland Estonia :
| 16,04%
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| Irrigated land Estonia :
| 40 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Estonia :
| sometimes flooding occurs in the spring
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| Environment current issues Estonia :
| air polluted with sulfur dioxide from oil-shale burning power plants in northeast; however, the amount of pollutants emitted to the air have fallen steadily, the emissions of 2000 were 80% less than in 1980; the amount of unpurified wastewater discharged to water bodies in 2000 was one twentieth the level of 1980; in connection with the start-up of new water purification plants, the pollution load of wastewater decreased; Estonia has more than 1,400 natural and manmade lakes, the smaller of which in agricultural areas need to be monitored; coastal seawater is polluted in certain locations
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| Geography note Estonia :
| the mainland terrain is flat, boggy, and partly wooded; offshore lie more than 1,500 islands
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