Yugoslavia coastline , Yugoslavia Natural Resources

Yugoslavia

Location : southeastern europe. bordering the adriatic sea. between albania and bosnia and herzegovina

Geographic Coordinates : 44 00 n. 21 00 e

Map Reference : europe

Area : total: 102.350 sq km land: 102.136 sq km water: 214 sq km

Area Comparative: slightly smaller than kentucky

Yugoslavia More Facts

Land boundaries : total: 2.246 km border countries: albania 287 km. bosnia and herzegovina 527 km. bulgaria 318 km. croatia (north) 241 km. croatia (south) 25 km. hungary 151 km. macedonia 221 km. romania 476 km

coastline : 270

Maritime Claims : na
Climate: in the north. continental climate (cold winters and hot. humid summers with well distributed rainfall); central portion. continental and mediterranean climate; to the south. adriatic climate along the coast. hot. dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall inland

Terrain : extremely varied; to the north. rich fertile plains; to the east. limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast. ancient mountains and hills; to the southwest. extremely high shoreline with no islands off the coast

Elevation extremes : lowest point: adriatic sea 0 m highest point: daravica 2.656 m

Natural Resources :oil. gas. coal. iron ore. bauxite. copper. lead. zinc. antimony. chromite. nickel. gold. silver. magnesium. pyrite. limestone. marble. salt. hydropower. arable land

Land use : arable land: 33.35% permanent crops: 3.2% other: 63.45% (2001)

Irrigated Lands : 570 sq km