ESTONIA in 1996 (History and Geography)

Area : 45 226 km2 Highest point : Suur Munamägi 318 m This is the smallest and most sparsely populated of the three Baltic states. Estonia is a country of plains and low hills covered with numerous marshy depressions which cover more than 10 % of the land. Its natural resources are few, limited to the oil shale in the north. The country has a continental climate tempered by the expanses of water of the Baltic Sea.