Why is Belarus described as a landlocked country?

Belarus is described as a landlocked country because it is an independent sovereign state that lacks direct access to an ocean or to a sea that is not landlocked.12

While the country features an extensive network of more than 20,000 streams and 10,000 lakes, and its river systems—such as the Dnieper, Western Dvina, and Neman—eventually drain into the Black Sea or the Baltic Sea, these waterways do not provide the nation with a coastline. Belarus is entirely surrounded by land, sharing borders with Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, and Poland.34