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Geography Of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Location Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Croatia
 
Geographic coordinates 44 00 N, 18 00 E
 
Map references europe 
Area
total: 51,129 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 51,129 sq km
 
Area comparative slightly smaller than West Virginia
 
Land boundaries
total: 1,459 km
border countries: Croatia 932 km, Serbia and Montenegro 527 km
 
Coastline 20 km
 
Maritime claims No data available
 
Climate hot summers and cold winters; areas of high elevation have short, cool summers and long, severe winters; mild, rainy winters along coast
 
Terrain mountains and valleys
 
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maglic 2,386 m
 
Natural resources coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, cobalt, manganese, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests, hydropower
 
Land use
arable land: 13.6%
permanent crops: 2.96%
other: 83.44% (2001)
 
Irrigated land 20 sq km (1998 est.)
 
Natural hazards destructive earthquakes
 
Environment - current issues air pollution from metallurgical plants; sites for disposing of urban waste are limited; water shortages and destruction of infrastructure because of the 1992-95 civil strife; deforestation
 
Environment - international agreements
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
 
Geography note 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 or RS (about 49% of the territory); the region called Herzegovina is contiguous to Croatia and Serbia and Montenegro (Montenegro), and traditionally has been settled by an ethnic Croat majority in the west and an ethnic Serb majority in the east

 

 

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

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