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Geography
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
45 10 N, 15 30 E
Area: 
total: 56,594 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
126
land: 55,974 sq km
water: 620 sq km
slightly smaller than West Virginia
total: 1,982 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia 241 km, Montenegro 25 km, Slovenia 455 km
5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Current Weather
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
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: 25.82%
permanent crops: 2.19%
other: 71.99% (2005)
110 sq km (2003)
105.5 cu km (1998)
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
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