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Latvia
Last reviewed: 31 March 2009

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GEOGRAPHY

The country is flat and forested, with some rolling terrain in the south-east where many lakes lie. The highest point in Latvia is Gaizinkalns (312 m) in the south-east. The 1030 km River Daugava enters the Baltic Sea in Riga Bay.

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