Latvia is located in Eastern Europe, bordering Belarus, Russia and the Baltic Sea, between Estonia and Lithuania. Latvia has a maritime climate with wet moderate winters. The country is rich in peat, limestone, timber and arable land.
Mr. Milan Matuska email@example.com (for GWP Central and Eastern Europe)
Mr. Ivars Sekacis firstname.lastname@example.org (for Latvia)
AQUASTAT -FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/main/index.stm
UN-Water Statistics http://www.unwater.org/statistics_KWIP.html
Source: www.cia.gov; http://data.worldbank.org; www.unwater.org
Total surface area: 64,589 km2
Estimated population: 2,191,580 (2012)
Average precipitation: 641 mm/yr (2009)
Total actual renewable water resources per capita: 15,679 m3/cap/yr (2009)
Freshwater withdrawal as of total:108 m3/cap/yr (2003)
Water: catalyst for cooperation
Copyright © 2012 Global Water Partnership
Copyright and Disclaimer
GWP Regional Websites
Your email address and name are required, and if you wish you may give the details of your organisation and country to allow us to identify information of interest for you for future newsletters.
You may of course unsubscribe at any time.