Location:
Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia
Geographic coordinates:
42 30 N, 19 18 E
Map references:
Europe
Area:
Area - comparative: Land boundaries:
Coastline: Maritime claims:
Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes:
Natural resources: Land use:
Irrigated land: Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements:
Geography - note:
total:
13,812 sq km
country comparison to the world: 162
land:
13,452 sq km
water:
360 sq km
slightly smaller than Connecticut
total:
625 km
border countries:
Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km
[see also: Land boundaries country ranks ]
293.5 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea:
12 nm
continental shelf:
defined by treaty
Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland
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highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m
bauxite, hydroelectricity
arable land:
12.45%
permanent crops:
1.16%
other:
86.39% (2011)
24.12 sq km (2010)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
destructive earthquakes
pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor
party to:
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
strategic location along the Adriatic coast