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<title>
Macedonia: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Macedonia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Southern Europe, between Serbia and Montenegro and
Greece
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 25,333 km2</l>
<l> land area: 24,856 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than Vermont</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 748 km, Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km,
Greece 228 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km (all with Serbia)
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International disputes: Greece claims republic's name implies
territorial claims against Aegean Macedonia
</p>
<p>Climate: hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters
with heavy snowfall
</p>
<p>Terrain: mountainous territory covered with deep basins and
valleys; there are three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line
</p>
<p>Natural resources: chromium, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten,
nickel, low-grade iron ore, asbestos, sulphur, timber
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 5%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 5%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 20%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 30%</l>
<l> other: 40%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: Macedonia suffers from high seismic hazard; air
pollution from metallurgical plants
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and
Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe
</p></body></article></text>