<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Bulgaria<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Balkan State, Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 110,910 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 110,550 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> slightly larger than Tennessee
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<item><hi format=bold>Land boundaries:</hi> total 1,808 km, Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km (all with Serbia), Turkey 240 km
<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 18%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 35%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 10%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 10 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> subject to earthquakes, landslides
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur, Antarctic Treaty, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not ratified—Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Law of the Sea
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia