Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia

45 10 N, 15 30 E

Europe

total: 56,538 sq km
land: 56,410 sq km
water: 128 sq km

slightly smaller than West Virginia

total: 2,197 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 266 km (241 km with Serbia; 25 km with
Montenegro), Slovenia 670 km

5,790 km (mainland 1,778 km, islands 4,012 km)

continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
territorial sea: 12 nm

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 1,830 m

oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore,
calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower

arable land: 21%
permanent crops: 2%
permanent pastures: 20%
forests and woodland: 38%
other: 19% (1993 est.)

30 sq km (1993 est.)

frequent and destructive earthquakes

air pollution (from metallurgical
plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal
pollution from industrial and domestic waste; widespread casualties
and destruction of infrastructure in border areas affected by civil
strife

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,
Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants,
Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification

controls most land routes from Western Europe to
Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits