AlbaniaGeography
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Location:
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Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece and Serbia and Montenegro | |
Geographic coordinates:
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41 00 N, 20 00 E | |
Map references:
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Europe | |
Area:
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total: 28,748 sq kmland: 27,398 sq kmwater: 1,350 sq km | |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Maryland | |
Land boundaries:
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total: 720 kmborder countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Serbia and Montenegro 287 km | |
Coastline:
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362 km | |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nmcontinental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | |
Climate:
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mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter | |
Terrain:
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mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast | |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 mhighest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m | |
Natural resources:
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petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower | |
Land use:
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arable land: 21.09%permanent crops: 4.42%other: 74.49% (2001) | |
Irrigated land:
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3,400 sq km (1998 est.) | |
Natural hazards:
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destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought | |
Environment - current issues:
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deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents | |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlandssigned, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | |
Geography - note:
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strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea) |
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