Geography Of Hungary

Location	Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Geographic coordinates	47 00 N, 20 00 E
Map references	europe
Area	total: 93,030 sq km water: 690 sq km land: 92,340 sq km
Area comparative	slightly smaller than Indiana
Land boundaries	total: 2,171 km border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151 km, Slovakia 677 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Terrain	mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Tisza River 78 m highest point: Kekes 1,014 m
Natural resources	bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land
Land use	arable land: 50.09% other: 47.85% (2001) permanent crops: 2.06%
Irrigated land	2,100 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards
Environment - current issues	the upgrading 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
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94
Geography note	landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin; the north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the country into three large regions

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

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