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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 |
territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
| 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, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower |
| Land use |
arable land: 26.09% permanent crops: 2.27% other: 71.65% (2001) |
| 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-sulfur 94, biodiversity, climate change, desertification, endangered species, hazardous wastes, law of the sea, marine dumping, 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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