Central Europe, northwest of Romania

47 00 N, 20 00 E

Europe

total: 93,030 sq km
land: 92,340 sq km
water: 690 sq km

slightly smaller than Indiana

total: 2,009 km
border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km,
Serbia and Montenegro 151 km (all with Serbia), Slovakia 515 km,
Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km

0 km (landlocked)

none (landlocked)

temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers

mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the
Slovakian border

lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m

bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable
land

arable land: 51%
permanent crops: 3.6%
permanent pastures: 12.4%
forests and woodland: 19%
other: 14% (1999)

2,060 sq km (1993 est.)

the approximation of Hungary's standards
in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water
pollution with environmental requirements for EU accession will
require large investments

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes,
Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship
Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants,
Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the
Sea

landlocked; strategic location astride main land
routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between
Ukraine and Mediterranean basin