Location: | Southeastern Europe, north of Greece |
| Geographic coordinates: | 41 50 N, 22 00 E |
| Map references: | Europe |
| Area: | total: 25,333 sq km
water: 477 sq km
land: 24,856 sq km |
| Area - comparative: | slightly larger than Vermont |
| Land boundaries: | total: 766 km
border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Serbia and Montenegro 221 km |
| Coastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Maritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| Climate: | warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall |
| Terrain: | mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
| Elevation extremes: | lowest point: Vardar River 50 m
highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m |
| Natural resources: | low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land |
| Land use: | arable land: 22.26%
permanent crops: 1.81%
other: 75.93% (2001) |
| Irrigated land: | 550 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural hazards: | high seismic risks |
| Environment - current issues: | air pollution from metallurgical plants |
| Environment - international agreements: | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Geography - note: | landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe
Source: CIA World Factbook
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