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Significant natural resources in Ukraine include lithium, [4] natural gas, [5] kaolin, [5] timber, [6] and an abundance of arable land. Despite this, the country faces a number of major environmental issues such as inadequate supplies of potable water, air and water pollution , deforestation , and radioactive contamination in the north-east ...
The geology of Ukraine is the regional study of rocks, minerals, tectonics, natural resources and groundwater in Ukraine. The oldest rocks in the region are part of the Ukrainian Shield and formed more than 2.5 billion years ago in the Archean eon of the Precambrian .
This is the largest area Ukraine has taken under protection, and the best preserved area of bog massifs. The reserve was created to preserve the natural state of typical and unique natural complexes of the Ukraine Polissya. As a result of Ukraine's geographical position, the reserve belongs to the Volyn Polesia zone of mixed forests. 16
Natural gas is Ukraine's biggest import at present and is the main cause of the country's structural trade deficit. [9] In the 17 December 2013 Ukrainian–Russian action plan, it was agreed that the cost of Russian natural gas supplied to Ukraine would be lowered to $268 per 1,000 cubic metres from a price of more than $400 in December 2013 ...
Main article: Protected areas of Ukraine Categories of Natural Environment Protected Areas of Ukraine were reestablished (redefined) by the Verkhovna Rada (national parliament of Ukraine) after the fall of the Soviet Union. On 16 June 1992 the President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk signed the law on the Nature-Preservation Fund of Ukraine. The law redefined already the established system of ...
Ukraine has been estimated to possess natural gas reserves of over 670 billion cubic meters (in 2022), [15] and gas is an important part of energy in Ukraine. In 2021, Ukraine produced 19.8 billion cubic meters (bcm or Gm 3) of natural gas. To satisfy domestic demand of 27.3 bcm that year, Ukraine relied on gas imports (2.6 bcm) and withdrawal ...
A Digital Map of European Ecological Regions (DMEER), European ecoregions as defined by the European Environmental Agency The following is a list of ecoregions in Ukraine , according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF):
An enlargeable topographic map of Ukraine. Geography of Ukraine Ukraine is located in the south-east part of Europe. The capital city of Ukraine is Kyiv, located in north-central Ukraine. The country is bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov and the country of Russia and Belarus. [1] Ukraine is: a country; Location: