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Geography
Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia
46 07 N, 14 49 E
Area: 
total: 20,273 sq km
country comparison to the world: 
154
land: 20,151 sq km
water: 122 sq km
slightly smaller than New Jersey
total: 1,086 km
border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 455 km, Hungary 102 km, Italy 199 km
46.6 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
Current Weather
Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east
a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m
lignite coal, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests
arable land: 8.53%
permanent crops: 1.43%
other: 90.04% (2005)
30 sq km (2003)
32.1 cu km (2005)
total: 0.9
per capita: 457 cu m/yr (2002)
flooding; earthquakes
Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
despite its small size, this eastern Alpine country controls some of Europe’s major transit routes
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