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CroatiaGeography
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Croatia: Geography
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Location: |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia |
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Geographic coordinates: |
45 10 N, 15 30 E |
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Map references: |
Europe |
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Area: |
total: 56,542 sq km
land: 56,414 sq km water: 128 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than West Virginia |
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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 |
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Coastline: |
5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km) |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation |
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Climate: |
Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast |
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Terrain: |
geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Dinara 1,830 m |
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Natural resources: |
oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower |
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Land use: |
arable land: 26.09%
permanent crops: 2.27% other: 71.65% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
30 sq km (1998 est.) |
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Natural hazards: |
destructive earthquakes |
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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 |
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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 |
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Geography - note: |
controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits |
More about Croatia:
The World Factbook 2005, by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
