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Flag Description
Two equal horizontal bands of azure (top) and golden yellow represent grainfields under a blue sky.

Currency
Hryvnia.

Astronomy
Today's date is November 21, 2009. There is currently a New Moon.

Location
Eastern europe, bordering the black sea, between poland and russia.

Climate
Temperate continental; mediterranean only on the southern crimean coast; precipitation disproportionately distributed, highest in west and north, lesser in east and southeast; winters vary from cool along the black sea to cold farther inland; summers are warm across the greater part of the country, hot in the south.

Terrain
Most of ukraine consists of fertile plains (steppes) and plateaus, mountains being found only in the west (the carpathians), and in the crimean peninsula in the extreme south.

Elevation Extremes
The lowest point is at Black Sea 0 m. The highest point is at Hora Hoverla 2,061 m.

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Map of Ukraine

Ukraine

This is a map of Ukraine. The map illustrates the location of Kiev and its proximity to Chornobyl, Odesa, Kharkiv, and the Black Sea.

Other countries on this map include: Poland / Hungary / Romania

Ukraine News:
Russia gives Ukraine new gas deal
Russia agrees to ease the terms under which it supplies gas to Ukraine, in a deal which Moscow says should prevent disruption.
Welsh hero of Ukraine recognised
Cambridge University is exhibiting the work of a former student who brought the starvation of millions of Ukrainians in the 1930's to the world's attention.

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