Editing Geography of Ukraine (section)

==Geographic location==
{{see also|Eurasian Steppe}}
{{Location map+ |Ukraine |width=400 |float=right|caption= Map of Ukraine |places=
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=50.45000|long=30.52333 |label= Kyiv |position=bottom |marksize=12 |label_size=100 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=51.50365|long=31.30000 |label= Chernihiv |position=right |marksize=6 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=48.30000|long=25.93333 |label= Chernivtsi |marksize=6 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=48.45000|long=34.98333 |label= Dnipro |position=left }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=48.00278|long=37.80528 |label= Donetsk }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=49.91667|long=36.31667 |label= Kharkiv |marksize=10 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=49.85000|long=24.01667 |label= Lviv }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=46.46667|long=30.73333 |label= Odesa |marksize=10 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=44.60000|long=33.53000 |label= Sevastopol |position=left |marksize=6 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=48.61667|long=22.30000 |label= Uzhhorod }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=48.16056|long=24.50028 |label= Mt. Hoverla |position=bottom |mark=Black Fire.svg }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=44.94806|long=34.10417 |label= Simferopol |marksize=6 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=48.91667|long=24.71667 |label= Ivano‑Frankivsk |position=top }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=50.91667|long=34.75000 |label= Sumy |position=left }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=49.03333|long=37.56667 |label= Sviatohirsk }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=49.1414|long=28.2802 |label= Vinnytsia |marksize=6 }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=50.7500|long=25.335833 |label= Lutsk }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=47.83333|long=35.16666 |label= Zaporizhzhia |marksize=10 |position=bottom }}
{{Location map~ |Ukraine |lat=47.90861|long=33.14333 |label= Kryvyi Rih |marksize=10 |position=left }}
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Ukraine is located in [[Eastern Europe]]: lying on the northern shores of the [[Black Sea]] and the [[Sea of Azov]]. The country borders [[Belarus]] in the north, [[Poland]], [[Slovakia]] and [[Hungary]] in the west, [[Moldova]] and [[Romania]] in the south-west, and [[Russia]] in the east.<ref name="CIA" />

The total geographic area of Ukraine is {{convert|603700
|km2|sp=us}}. Ukraine has an [[Exclusive Economic Zone]] of {{convert|147,318|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} in the [[Black Sea]].<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |title=Ukraine |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/ukraine/ |website=The World Factbook |publisher=[[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref>

The land border of Ukraine totals {{convert|6993|km|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=47129&cat_id=46429 |title=Державна прикордонна служба України |website=www.pvu.gov.ua |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206030446/http://www.pvu.gov.ua/control/uk/publish/article?art_id=47129&cat_id=46429 |archive-date=6 December 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The border lengths with each country are: Belarus {{convert |891|km|sp=us}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}, Hungary {{convert |103|km|sp=us}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}, Moldova {{convert |939|km|sp=us}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}, Poland {{convert |428|km|sp=us}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}, Romania {{convert |169|km|sp=us}} on the south and {{convert |362|km|sp=us}} on the west{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}, Russia {{convert |1974|km|sp=us}}, and Slovakia {{convert |90|km|sp=us}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}. Ukraine is also bordered by {{convert|3783|km|sp=us}} of coastline{{Failed verification|date=February 2023}}. The border with Russia, part of which runs through the Sea of Azov, is the country's longest border.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ecolex.org/details/treaty/agreement-between-the-russian-federation-and-the-ukraine-on-cooperation-in-the-use-of-the-sea-of-azov-and-the-strait-of-kerch-tre-149547/|title=Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Ukraine on cooperation in the use of the sea of Azov and the strait of Kerch|website=www.ecolex.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-27}}</ref>

The village of [[Veľké Slemence|Vel'ké Slemence]] is split between [[Geography of Slovakia|Slovakia]] and Ukraine.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lyman |first=Rick |date=2015-08-10 |title=A Ukrainian Border Town Once Fenced by Soviets Blossoms Into a Shopper's Paradise |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/world/europe/ukraine-slovakia-mali-selmentsi-velke-slemence.html |access-date=2022-03-03 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>