Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia

44 00 N, 18 00 E

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe

total: 51,129 sq km
land: 51,129 sq km
water: 0 sq km

slightly smaller than West Virginia

total: 1,459 km
border countries: Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km (312 km
with Serbia, 215 km with Montenegro)

20 km

NA

hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have
short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters
along coast

mountains and valleys

lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m

coal, iron, bauxite, manganese, forests, copper,
chromium, lead, zinc, hydropower

arable land: 14%
permanent crops: 5%
permanent pastures: 20%
forests and woodland: 39%
other: 22% (1993 est.)

20 sq km (1993 est.)

destructive earthquakes

air pollution from metallurgical plants;
sites for disposing of urban waste are limited; widespread casualties,
water shortages, and destruction of infrastructure because of the
1992-95 civil strife

party to: Air Pollution, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life
Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

within Bosnia and Herzegovina's recognized borders,
the country is divided into a joint Bosniak/Croat Federation (about
51% of the territory) and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska 
(about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is
contiguous to Croatia and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic
Croat majority