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Geography
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north
41 00 N, 20 00 E
Area: 
total: 28,748 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
144
land: 27,398 sq km
water: 1,350 sq km
slightly smaller than Maryland
total: 717 km
border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Kosovo 112 km
362 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Current Weather
mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m
petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower
arable land: 20.1%
permanent crops: 4.21%
other: 75.69% (2005)
3,530 sq km (2003)
41.7 cu km (2001)
total: 1.71 cu km/yr (27%/11%/62%)
per capita: 546 cu m/yr (2000)
destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought
deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)
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