Geography Of Albania

Location	Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro
Geographic coordinates	41 00 N, 20 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 28,748 sq km water: 1,350 sq km land: 27,398 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Maryland
Land boundaries	total: 720 km border countries: Greece 282 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km
Coastline	362 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
Climate	mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
Terrain	mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m
Natural resources	petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower
Land use	arable land: 21.09% permanent crops: 4.42% other: 74.49% (2001)
Irrigated land	3,400 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought
Environment - current issues	deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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