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:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
56,594 sq km
country comparison to the world: 127
land:
55,974 sq km
water:
620 sq km
slightly smaller than West Virginia
total:
2,237 km
border countries:
Bosnia and Herzegovina 956 km, Hungary 348 km, Montenegro 19 km, Serbia 314 km, Slovenia 600 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea:
12 nm
continental shelf:
200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Dinara 1,831 m
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
arable land:
15.85%
permanent crops:
1.47%
other:
82.69% (2011)
36.27 sq km (2010)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
105.5 cu km (2011)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
destructive earthquakes
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
party to:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; most Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia - some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks