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<title>Slovakia: Geography</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Slovakia
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Eastern Europe, between Hungary and Poland
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 48,845 km2</l>
<l> land area: 48,800 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: about twice the size of New Hampshire</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,355 km, Austria 91 km, Czech Republic
215 km, Hungary 515 km, Poland 444 km, Ukraine 90 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
</p>
<p>Maritime claims: none; landlocked
</p>
<p>International disputes: Gabcikovo-Nagymaros Dam dispute with
Hungary; unresolved property issues with Czech Republic over
redistribution of former Czechoslovak federal property;
establishment of international border between the Czech Republic
and Slovakia
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
</p>
<p>Terrain: rugged mountains in the central and northern part and
lowlands in the south
</p>
<p>Natural resources: brown coal and lignite; small amounts of
iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; gas
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: NA%</l>
<l> permanent crops: NA%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: NA%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: NA%</l>
<l> other: NA%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: NA km2
</p>
<p>Environment: severe damage to forests from "acid rain" caused
by coal-fired power stations
</p>
<p>Note: landlocked
</p></body></article></text>