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Geography
Central Europe, south of Poland
48 40 N, 19 30 E
Area: 
total: 49,035 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
130
land: 48,105 sq km
water: 930 sq km
about twice the size of New Hampshire
total: 1,474 km
border countries: Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 197 km, Hungary 676 km, Poland 420 km, Ukraine 90 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
Current Weather
temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south
lowest point: Bodrok River 94 m
highest point: Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 m
brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land
arable land: 29.23%
permanent crops: 2.67%
other: 68.1% (2005)
1,830 sq km (2003)
50.1 cu km (2003)
total: 1.04
per capita: 193 cu m/yr (2003)
NA
air pollution from metallurgical plants presents human health risks; acid rain damaging forests
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
landlocked; most of the country is rugged and mountainous; the Tatra Mountains in the north are interspersed with many scenic lakes and valleys
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