Location: | Central Europe, southeast of Germany |
| Geographic coordinates: | 49 45 N, 15 30 E |
| Map references: | Europe |
| Area: | total: 78,866 sq km
water: 1,590 sq km
land: 77,276 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than South Carolina |
| Land boundaries: | total: 1,881 km
border countries: Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km, Slovakia 215 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| Climate: | temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters |
| Terrain: | Bohemia in the west consists of rolling plains, hills, and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; Moravia in the east consists of very hilly country |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Elbe River 115 m
highest point: Snezka 1,602 m |
| Natural resources: | hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber |
| Land use: | arable land: 39.8%
permanent crops: 3.05%
other: 57.15% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 240 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | flooding |
| Environment - current issues: | air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid rain damaging forests; efforts to bring industry up to EU code should improve domestic pollution |
| Environment - international agreements: | party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants |
| Geography - note: | landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe
Source: CIA World Factbook
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