| Climate Finland :
| cold temperate; potentially subarctic but comparatively mild because of moderating influence of the North Atlantic Current, Baltic Sea, and more than 60,000 lakes
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| Terrain Finland :
| mostly low, flat to rolling plains interspersed with lakes and low hills
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| Elevation extremes lowest Finland :
| Baltic Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Finland :
| Halti 1,328 m
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| Natural resources Finland :
| timber, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, limestone
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| Land use arableland Finland :
| 7,19%
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| Irrigated land Finland :
| 640 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Finland :
| NA
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| Environment current issues Finland :
| air pollution from manufacturing and power plants contributing to acid rain; water pollution from industrial wastes, agricultural chemicals; habitat loss threatens wildlife populations
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| Geography note Finland :
| long boundary with Russia; Helsinki is northernmost national capital on European continent; population concentrated on small southwestern coastal plain
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