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GEOGRAPHY
Location:
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
Map
references: Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe
comparative
area: slightly smaller than Indiana
Land
boundaries: total 1,989 km, Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km,
Romania 443 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151 km (all with Serbia),
Slovakia 515 km, Slovenia 82 km, Ukraine 103 km
Coastline:
0 km (landlocked)
Maritime
claims: none; landlocked
International
disputes: Gabcikovo Dam dispute with Slovakia
Climate:
temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
Terrain:
mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the
Slovakian border
Natural
resources: bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils
meadows
and pastures: 12.6%
forest
and woodland: 18.3%
Irrigated
land: 1,750 sq km (1989)
current
issues: air pollution; industrial and municipal pollution
of Lake Balaton
natural
hazards: levees are common along many streams, but flooding
occurs almost every year
international
agreements: party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen
Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity,
Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,
Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer
Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified
- Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds,
Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea
Note:
landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between
Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine
and Mediterranean basin
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