| Climate Ukraine :
| temperate continental; Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south
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| Terrain Ukraine :
| most of Ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the Carpathians), and in the Crimean Peninsula in the extreme south
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| Elevation extremes lowest Ukraine :
| Black Sea 0 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Ukraine :
| Hora Hoverla 2,061 m
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| Natural resources Ukraine :
| iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, salt, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, timber, arable land
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| Land use arableland Ukraine :
| 56,21%
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| Irrigated land Ukraine :
| 24,540 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Ukraine :
| NA
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| Environment current issues Ukraine :
| inadequate supplies of potable water; air and water pollution; deforestation; radiation contamination in the northeast from 1986 accident at Chornobyl' Nuclear Power Plant
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| Geography note Ukraine :
| strategic position at the crossroads between Europe and Asia; second-largest country in Europe
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