!!!Albania: Geography
||Location|Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Kosovo to the north
||Geographic Coordinates|41 00 N, 20 00 E[{GoogleMap location='41.0,20.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''28,748 sq km\\''land: ''27,398 sq km\\''water: ''1,350 sq km\\[[__''Verified in 8 databases''__]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''691 km\\''border countries: ''Greece 212 km, Kosovo 112 km, Macedonia 181 km, Montenegro 186 km
||Coastline|362 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Adriatic Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Golemi Korab 2764 m; Maja Jezercë 2694 m; Gjalices 2537 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Maja e Jezercës 2694 m; Grámos Óros 2523 m; Mali i Mesit 2480 m; Mali i Gramës 2345 m; Pllaja e Pusit 2288 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/Europe/Albania/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast
||Natural Hazards|destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought
||Natural Resource|petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower
||Land Use|''arable land: ''21.63%\\''permanent crops: ''2.57%\\''other: ''75.79% (2011)
||Climate|mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter
||Irrigated Land|1,884 sq km (2006)
||Renewable Water Resources|41.7 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands\\''signed, but not ratified: ''none of the selected agreements
||Large Cities|Tirana; Durres; Elbasan; Vlore; Shkoder\\ __[[Verified]__\\[Important Cities|Geography/Europe/Albania/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea)\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Europe/Albania/Geography/Important_Rivers]\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Europe/Albania/Geography/Important_Lakes]