East Ukraine travel guide

Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe. It has a strategic position in Eastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea in the south, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary in the west, Belarus in the north, Moldova and Romania in the south-west and Russia in the east. The northern part of the Carpathian Mountains (highest peak Hoverla, 2061 m) reach into Ukraine in the western part of the country, but most of its area is taken up by the steppe north of the Black Sea, divided by the Dnieper, which traverses Ukraine north to south, joining the Black Sea west of the Crimea, near the mouths of the Bug and the Dniester. The border with Russia runs through the Sea of Azov.
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Map references: Commonwealth of Independent States
Area: total: 603,700 km² land: 603,700 km² water: 0 km²
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Texas
Land boundaries: total: 4,558 km border countries: Belarus 891 km, Hungary 103 km, Moldova 939 km, Poland 428 km, Romania (south) 169 km, Romania (west) 362 km, Russia 1,576 km, Slovakia 90 km
Coastline: 2,782 km
Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nautical miles (370 km) territorial sea: 12 nautical miles (22 km)
Climate: 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 (...) more....