Editing Geography of Latvia (section)

==Physical environment==
Latvia encompasses 64,589 square kilometers and is an extension of the [[East European Plain]].<ref name=":0">{{citation-attribution|1={{cite encyclopedia|title=Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania: country studies|publisher=[[Federal Research Division]], [[Library of Congress]]|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/96004057/|last=Dreifelds|first=Juris|date=1996|others=|editor-last=Iwaskiw|editor-first=Walter R.|edition=1st|pages=104–110|isbn=0-8444-0851-4|oclc=34245562|access-date=2021-05-25|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624194827/https://www.loc.gov/item/96004057/|url-status=live}}|entry=Latvia: Physical Environment}}</ref> Its flat terrain differs little from that of its surrounding neighbors.<ref name=":0" /> Latvia's only distinct border is the Baltic Sea coast, which extends for 496 kilometers.<ref name=":0" /> Its neighbors include Lithuania on the south (453 kilometers of common border), Estonia on the north (267 kilometers), Russia on the east (217 kilometers), and Belarus on the southeast (141 kilometers).<ref name=":0" /> Prior to World War II, Latvia bordered eastern Poland, but as a result of boundary changes by the Soviet Union, this territory was attached to Belarus.<ref name=":0" />