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| Location | Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey |
| Geographic coordinates | 43 00 N, 25 00 E |
| Map references | europe |
| Area |
total: 110,910 sq km water: 360 sq km land: 110,550 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly larger than Tennessee |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,808 km border countries: greece 494 km, the former yugoslav republic of macedonia 148 km, romania 608 km, serbia and montenegro 318 km, turkey 240 km |
| Coastline | 354 km |
| Maritime claims |
territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate | temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers |
| Terrain | mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: black sea 0 m highest point: musala 2,925 m |
| Natural resources | bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land |
| Land use |
arable land: 40.02% permanent crops: 1.92% other: 58.06% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 8,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | earthquakes, landslides |
| Environment - current issues | air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: air pollution-sulfur 94 |
| Geography note | strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia |
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