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| Location: |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia |
| Geographic coordinates: |
45 10 N, 15 30 E |
| Map references: |
Europe |
| Area: |
total: 56,542 sq km
water: 128 sq km
land: 56,414 sq km |
| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than West Virginia |
| Land boundaries: |
total: 2,197 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south) 25 km, Slovenia 670 km |
| Coastline: |
5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km) |
| Maritime claims: |
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 NM |
| Climate: |
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
| Terrain: |
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands |
| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m |
| Natural resources: |
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower |
| Land use: |
arable land: 23.55%
permanent crops: 2.24%
other: 74.21% (1998 est.) |
| Irrigated land: |
30 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: |
destructive earthquakes |
| Environment - current issues: |
air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
| Geography - note: |
controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits |
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Source: CIA World Factbook, 2003 |
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