Geography Of Macedonia

Location Southeastern Europe, north of Greece
 
Geographic coordinates 41 50 N, 22 00 E
 
Map references europe 
Area
total: 25,333 sq km
water: 477 sq km
land: 24,856 sq km
 
Area comparative slightly larger than Vermont
 
Land boundaries
total: 766 km
border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km
 
Coastline 0 km (landlocked)
 
Maritime claims none (landlocked)
 
Climate warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
 
Terrain mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River
 
Elevation extremes
lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
 
Natural resources low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land
 
Land use
arable land: 22.26%
permanent crops: 1.81%
other: 75.93% (2001)
 
Irrigated land 550 sq km (1998 est.)
 
Natural hazards high seismic risks
 
Environment - current issues air pollution from metallurgical plants
 
Environment - international agreements
party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
 
Geography note landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe

 

 

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