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| Location | Central Europe, southeast of Germany |
| Geographic coordinates | 49 45 N, 15 30 E |
| Map references | europe |
| Area |
total: 78,866 sq km water: 1,590 sq km land: 77,276 sq km |
| Area comparative | slightly smaller than South Carolina |
| Land boundaries |
total: 1,881 km border countries: austria 362 km, germany 646 km, poland 658 km, slovakia 215 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims | none (landlocked) |
| Climate | temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters |
| Terrain | Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country |
| Elevation extremes |
lowest point: elbe river 115 m highest point: snezka 1,602 m |
| Natural resources | hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber |
| Land use |
arable land: 39.8% permanent crops: 3.05% other: 57.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated land | 240 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards | flooding |
| Environment - current issues | air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, 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-persistent organic pollutants |
| Geography note | landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe |
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