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Geography
Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary
44 00 N, 21 00 E
Area: 
total: 77,474 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
116
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
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
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)
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
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
permanent crops: NA
other: NA
NA
208.5 cu km (note - includes Kosovo) (2003)
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
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