Location:
Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary
Geographic coordinates:
44 00 N, 21 00 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: 77,474 sq km
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country comparison to the world: 117
land:
77,474 sq km
water:
0 sq km
slightly smaller than South Carolina
total: 2,026 km
border countries:
Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Kosovo 352 km, Macedonia 62 km, Montenegro 124 km, Romania 476 km
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0 km (landlocked)
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
none (landlocked)
in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns)
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extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills
lowest point: Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks ]
highest point:
Midzor 2,169 m
oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, chromite, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land
arable land: NA
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permanent crops:
NA
other:
NA
890 sq km
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
208.5 cu km (note - includes Kosovo) (2003)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
destructive earthquakes
air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities; water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava which flows into the Danube
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
none of the selected agreements
controls one of the major land routes from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East