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Geography of the European Union Continent EuropeAsiaAfricaAmericas Area Ranked 7th Total 4,422,773km2 (1,707,642sqmi) Land 96.92% Water 3.08% Coastline 65,993km (41,006mi) Borders Total land borders: 13,454km Albania 282km, Andorra 120.3km, Belarus 1,050km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 932km, Brazil 673km, Liechtenstein 34.9km, Macedonia 394km, Moldova 450km, Monaco 4.4km, Montenegro 23km, Morocco 16km, Norway 2,348km, Russia 2,257km, San Marino 39km, Serbia 1,263km, Suriname 510km, Switzerland 1,811km, Turkey 446km, Ukraine 1,257km, Vatican City 3.2km Highest point Mont Blanc 4,810.45m Lowest point Lammefjord, Zuidplaspolder -7m Longest river Danube 2,860km Largest lake Vnern 5,650 km

The geography of the European Union describes the geographic features of the European Union (EU), a multinational polity that occupies a large portion of Europe and covers 4,422,773km2 (1,707,642sqmi).[1] Its European territory extends northeast to Finland, northwest to Ireland, southeast to Cyprus (an island that is physiographically part of Asia) and southwest to Iberia.

Collectively, it represents the seventh largest territory in the world by area. Including all overseas territories, the EU shares borders with 19 countries.

The European Union has 28 member states and 6 candidates. See the geography of each state:

Most of the European Union is on the European continent. The EU covers less than half of the territory of Europe, significant parts of the continent especially in the East (e.g. European Russia, Ukraine, Belarus) and smaller parts in the North and Center are not part of the EU. The member states of the EU have land borders with 19 other nations.

It is estimated that the coastline of the European Union is 66,000km long,[2] bordering the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Baltic Sea. European mountain ranges include the Alps, Carpathian Mountains, Balkan Mountains and Scandinavian Mountains with the tallest mountain in the Union being Mont Blanc.

Several overseas territories and dependencies of various member states are also formally part of the EU (for Spain: the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla; for Portugal: the Azores, Madeira; for UK: Gibraltar and British sovereign bases in Cyprus; for France: La Runion, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthlemy) while in other cases territories associated with member states are not part of the EU (e.g. Greenland, the Faroe Islands, most territories associated to the United Kingdom, Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles, Mayotte, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna, or New Caledonia).

Including overseas territories of member states, the EU includes most types of climate from Arctic to tropical. Meteorological averages for the EU as a whole are therefore not meaningful. The majority of the population live in areas with a Mediterranean climate (southern Europe), a temperate maritime climate (western Europe), or a warm summer continental or hemiboreal climate (in eastern member states).

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Outermost regions (part of the EU)

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