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- The domain is .lv
- The pedestrian crossings have 5 stripes
- The bus windows have 5 panes
- The signs have edges
- The street name signs end with "~iela"
- The numbered signs are parallel to the road
- The bollards appear as a ) shape from above
- When compared to Lithuania, the speed limit signs have thicker red lines
- The language has unique features:
- How to distinguish the Baltic States
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Priority road: By มองโกเลีย๔๔ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Speed limit: By มองโกเลีย๔๔ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link
Characters with a macron mark (￣) over vowels, like ī.
Many utility poles are round and have hook-like shapes on top . Similar poles can be found in Bulgaria and Croatia.
Among the Baltic States, only Latvia has pedestrian crossing lines with 5 stripes and bus windows with 5 panes. Also, the direction of road signs is parallel to the road.
When comparing Latvia and Lithuania’s speed limit signs, the red line is thicker . The image below shows the comparison of the borders of signs from left to right: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
Bollards sometimes have writing on them. When viewed from above, they take the shape of a “）” character . The diagram below compares bollards from left to right: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia (参考文献 One image to distinguish the Baltic countries).
The color and borders of Chevron signs differ across the Baltic States. The image below compares from left to right: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania (参考文献 How to tell Baltic countries apart 2.0: Expanded edition).
According to sources like Phosphorus in agricultural soils around the Baltic Sea(pdf), the area around Riga is derived from river sediments, while other areas may be glacier-derived? The exact color differences are still unclear.