Serbia: Geography#
| Location | Southeastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary |
|---|---|
| Geographic Coordinates | 44 00 N, 21 00 E 44.0,21.0 |
| Area | total: 77,474 sq km land: 77,474 sq km water: 0 sq km We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 77474 DBpedia: 88360 Geoname: 88361 Infoplease: 77474 Britannica: 77498 Wolfram: 77474 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 2,026 km border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Kosovo 352 km, Macedonia 62 km, Montenegro 124 km, Romania 476 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Danube and Timok Rivers 35 m highest point: Midzor 2,169 m |
| Highest Mountains | Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Ðeravica 2656 m; Bobotov Kuk 2523 m; Midžor 2169 m; Crna Glava 2139 m; Strmenica 2122 m According to Geonames: Dolni Kara Mustafa 2100 m; Pancicev Vrh 2017 m Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Mountains |
| Terrain | extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the southeast, ancient mountains and hills |
| Natural Hazards | destructive earthquakes |
| Natural Resource | oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, chromite, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 37.28% permanent crops: 3.41% other: 59.31% (2011) |
| Climate | in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well-distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall and hot, dry summers and autumns) |
| Irrigated Land | 919.6 sq km (2011) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 162.2 cu km (note - includes Kosovo) (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | air pollution around Belgrade and other industrial cities; water pollution from industrial wastes dumped into the Sava which flows into the Danube |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Belgrade; Novi Sad; Nis; Kragujevac; Krusevac According to Geonames: Belgrade; Niš; Novi Sad; Zemun; Kragujevac Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org Important Cities |
| Geography-note | controls one of the major land routes from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East Important Rivers Important Lakes |