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Geography Of Croatia

Location Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
 
Geographic coordinates 45 10 N, 15 30 E
 
Map references europe 
Area
total: 56,542 sq km
water: 128 sq km
land: 56,414 sq km
 
Area comparative slightly smaller than West Virginia
 
Land boundaries
total: 2,197 km
border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Serbia and Montenegro (north) 241 km, Serbia and Montenegro (south) 25 km, Slovenia 670 km
 
Coastline 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
 
Maritime claims
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
 
Climate Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
 
Terrain geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
 
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m
 
Natural resources oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
 
Land use
arable land: 26.09%
permanent crops: 2.27%
other: 71.65% (2001)
 
Irrigated land 30 sq km (1998 est.)
 
Natural hazards destructive earthquakes
 
Environment - current issues air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife
 
Environment - international agreements
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
 
Geography note controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits

 

 

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