Geography of Serbia and Montenegro
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2 Climate 3 Terrain 4 Natural resources 5 Environment 6 See also |
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Geographic coordinates: 44 00 N, 21 00 E
Area:
total:
102,350 kmē
land:
102,136 kmē
water:
214 kmē
Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kentucky
Land boundaries:
total:
2,246 km
border countries:
Albania 287 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 527 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia (north) 241 km, Croatia (south) 25 km, Hungary 151 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 221 km, Romania 476 km
Coastline: 199 km
Maritime claims:
NA
Extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills; to the southwest, extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast
Elevation extremes:
Land use:
Irrigated land: 570 kmē
Natural hazards:
destructive earthquakes
Environment - international agreements:
Climate
In the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion, continental and Mediterranean climate; to the south, Adriatic climate along the coast, hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland
Terrain
lowest point:
Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point:
Daravica 2,656 m
Natural resources
oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land
arable land:
36.34%
permanent crops:
3.44%
other:
60.22% (1998 est.)Environment
Current issues: pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor; air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities; water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava which flows into the Danube
party to:
Air Pollution, Climate Change, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Biodiversity
See also