!!!Croatia: Geography
||Location|Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia
||Geographic Coordinates|45 10 N, 15 30 E[{GoogleMap location='45.166668,15.5' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''56,594 sq km\\''land: ''55,974 sq km\\''water: ''620 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|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 56594\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 56594\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 56542\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 56542\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 56954\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 56594''__\\__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]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''2,237 km\\''border countries: ''Bosnia and Herzegovina 956 km, Hungary 348 km, Montenegro 19 km, Serbia 314 km, Slovenia 600 km
||Coastline|5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Adriatic Sea 0 m\\''highest point: ''Dinara 1,831 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]: Dinara 1831 m; Sveti Juri 1762 m; Vaganski Vrh 1757 m; Sveto Brdo 1752 m; Babin Vrh 1746 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Dinara 1830 m; Jankovo Brdo 1780 m; Mali Rajinac 1699 m; Velika Duvjakusa 1698 m; Goli Vrh 1670 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/Croatia/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands
||Natural Hazards|destructive earthquakes
||Natural Resource|oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, gypsum, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower
||Land Use|''arable land: ''15.85%\\''permanent crops: ''1.47%\\''other: ''82.69% (2011)
||Climate|Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast
||Irrigated Land|36.27 sq km (2010)
||Renewable Water Resources|105.5 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|air pollution (from metallurgical plants) and resulting acid rain is damaging the forests; coastal pollution from industrial and domestic waste; landmine removal and reconstruction of infrastructure consequent to 1992-95 civil strife
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling\\''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|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Zagreb; Split; Rijeka; Osijek; Zadar\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Zagreb - Centar; Zagreb; Split; Rijeka; Osijek\\\\\__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 Cities|Geography/Europe/Croatia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|controls most land routes from Western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits; most Adriatic Sea islands lie off the coast of Croatia - some 1,200 islands, islets, ridges, and rocks\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Europe/Croatia/Geography/Important_Rivers]\\[Important Lakes|Geography/Europe/Croatia/Geography/Important_Lakes]