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There are more than 1,400 natural and artificial lakes in Estonia. [2] The largest of them, Lake Peipus (3,555 km 2 or 1,373 sq mi), forms much of the border between Estonia and Russia. [2] Located in central Estonia, Võrtsjärv is the second-largest lake (270 km 2 or 104 sq mi). [2]
Estonia is among the least corrupt countries in the world and has the lowest level of corruption among the former Soviet Union states. Estonia has consistently ranked highly in international rankings for quality of life, [24] education, [25] press freedom, digitalisation of public services [26] [27] and the prevalence of technology companies. [28]
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Estonia: Estonia – state of 1.29 million people in the Baltic region of Northern Europe . It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland , to the west by the Baltic Sea , to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). [ 1 ]
The Baltic Sea Region, alternatively the Baltic Rim countries (or simply the Baltic Rim), and the Baltic Sea countries/states, refers to the general area surrounding the Baltic Sea, including parts of Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. [1] [2] [3] Unlike the "Baltic states", the Baltic region includes all countries that border the sea.
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]
Countries that border the sea: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden. Countries lands in the outer drainage basin: Belarus, Czech Republic, Norway, Slovakia, Ukraine. The Baltic Sea drainage basin is roughly four times the surface area of the sea itself.
Estonia Finland Faroe Islands (DEN) France Georgia (transcontinental country) Germany Gibraltar (UK) Greece Guernsey (UK) Iceland Ireland Isle of Man (UK) Italy Jersey (UK) Kaliningrad (RUS) Latvia Lithuania Malta Monaco Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Slovenia Spain Sweden Ukraine
Below are separate lists of countries and dependencies with their land boundaries, and lists of which countries and dependencies border oceans and major seas. The first short section describes the borders or edges of continents and oceans/major seas. Disputed areas are not considered.