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*Geography*

**__Natural Topography__** 90% of Ukraine is covered by Plains. The other 10% is covered by mountains. In the south, there are the Crimean Mountains and in the west, there are the Carpathian mountains. The highest elevation reaches 2061 meters in the Carpathian Mountains. The lowest elevation is 38 meters in what is called the Prychernomorie lowlands, which is located in the southern portion of Ukraine.

**__Surrounding Countries__**
It is surrounded by Russia to the west, Belarus to the north-west, Slovakia to the west, Moldova to the south-west, and the Black Sea to the south. Refer to the map on the General Information about Ukraine page to see the surrounding countries.

**__Physical Map __ **


The red part shows the highest elevation in the Carpathian Mountains to the west.

**__Political Map__ **


The capital of Ukraine is Kiev. It is one of the oldest European cities and one of the largest cities in Europe. It is located on the Dnepr River and has a population of over three million people. ([|Kiev Information]).

**__Natural Resources __ **
Ukraine is one of the leading countries in natural resources. Almost 54% of the land is fertile for farming. It has resources from the mountains such as mountain wax, granite, and graphite. It produces various salts, mineral water treatments, and medicinal mud. ([|Kosiv Art]). Ukraine also produces iron ore, coal, manganese, natural gas, oil, sulfur, graphite, titanium, magnesium, kaolin, nickel, mercury, and timber. ([|CIA Factbook])

**__Climate __**
Almost all of Ukraine is located within the temperate zone. It is referred to as temperate continental because it is obviously located on land. The climate is known as Mediterranean only on the southern Crimean coast. Because of the mountain ranges, precipitation is disproportionately distributed. The precipitation is highest in the west and north and less in the east and southeast. Winters vary from cool along the Black Sea to cold farther inland and summers are warm across the whole country but hot in the south. ([|Climate Zone]).

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