Geography of the Republic of Macedonia
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Location: Southeastern Europe, north of Greece
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Map of the Republic of Macedonia
Geographic coordinates: Template:Coor dm
Map references: Europe
Area:
total:
25,333 kmē
land:
24,856 kmē
water:
477 kmē
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Vermont
Land boundaries:
total:
748 km
border countries:
Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 228 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km (all with Serbia)
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) 2,753 m
Natural resources: chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, nickel, low-grade iron ore, asbestos, sulfur, timber, arable land
Land use:
arable land:
24%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
25%
forests and woodland:
39%
other:
10% (1993 est.)
Irrigated land: 830 kmē (1993 est.)
Natural hazards: high seismic risks
Environment - current issues: air pollution from metallurgical plants
Environment - international agreements:
party to:
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, 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
See also
Note
The use of the term Republic of Macedonia throughout this article is not meant to imply an official position on the naming dispute between Athens and Skopje. See Foreign relations of the Republic of Macedonia#Naming_dispute_with_Greece, Republic_of_Macedonia#Naming_Dispute and United Nations Resolution 817 (1993) (http://www.nato.int/ifor/un/u930407a.htm)