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

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