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<title>
Croatia: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Croatia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula,
bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Slovenia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 56,538 km2</l>
<l> land area: 56,410 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly smaller than West Virginia</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,843 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina (east)
751 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina (southeast) 91 km, Hungary 292
km, Serbia and Montenegro 254 km (239 km with Serbia; 15 km with
Montenego), Slovenia 455 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 5,790 km (mainland 1,778 km, islands 4,012 km)
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: 200 m depth or to depth of
exploitation</l>
<l> exclusive economic zone: 12 nm</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: 12 nm</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: Serbian enclaves in eastern Croatia
and along the western Bosnia and Herzegovinian border; dispute
with Slovenia over fishing rights in Adriatic
</p>
<p>Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate
predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry
summers along coast
</p>
<p>Terrain: geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian
border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coast,
coastline, and islands
</p>
<p>Natural resources: oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron
ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 32%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 20%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 18%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 15%</l>
<l> other: 15%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: air pollution from metallurgical plants; damaged
forest; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste;
subject to frequent and destructive earthquakes
</p>
<p>Note: controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean
Sea and Turkish Straits
</p></body></article></text>