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<title>
Bulgaria: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Bulgaria
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea,
between Romania and Turkey
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 110,910 km2</l>
<l> land area: 110,550 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than Tennessee</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,808 km, Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148
km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km (all with
Serbia), Turkey 240 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 354 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> contiguous zone: 24 nm</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 200 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Macedonia question with Greece and
Macedonia
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
</p>
<p>Terrain: mostly mountains with lowlands in north and south
</p>
<p>Natural resources: bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber,
arable land
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 34%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 3%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 18%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 35%</l>
<l> other: 10%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: subject to earthquakes, landslides;
deforestation; air pollution
</p>
<p>Note: strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key
land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia
</p></body></article></text>