!!!Slovakia: Geography
||Location|Central Europe, south of Poland
||Geographic Coordinates|48 40 N, 19 30 E[{GoogleMap location='48.666668,19.5' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''49,035 sq km\\''land: ''48,105 sq km\\''water: ''930 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]: 49035\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 49034\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 48845\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 48845\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 49034\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 49035''__\\__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: ''1,474 km\\''border countries: ''Austria 91 km, Czech Republic 197 km, Hungary 676 km, Poland 420 km, Ukraine 90 km
||Coastline|0 km (landlocked)
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Bodrok River 94 m\\''highest point: ''Gerlachovsky Stit 2,655 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]: Gerlachovský štít 2655 m; Lomnický štít 2633 m; Kriván 2495 m; Slavkovský štít 2452 m; Vychodna Vysoka 2428 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Gerlach 2655 m; Lomnica 2632 m; Lodowy Szczyt 2627 m; Durny Szczyt 2621 m; Kiezmarski Szczyt 2556 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]
||Terrain|rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south
||Natural Hazards|NA
||Natural Resource|brown coal and lignite; small amounts of iron ore, copper and manganese ore; salt; arable land
||Land Use|''arable land: ''28.36%\\''permanent crops: ''0.41%\\''other: ''71.22% (2011)
||Climate|temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
||Irrigated Land|1,720 sq km (2007)
||Renewable Water Resources|50.1 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|air pollution from metallurgical plants presents human health risks; acid rain damaging forests
||Environment - international agreements|''party to: ''Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, 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]: Bratislava; Kosice; Presov; Zilina; Banska Bystrica\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Bratislava; Košice; Prešov; Nitra; Žilina\\\\\__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/Slovakia/Geography/Important_Cities]
||Geography-note|landlocked; most of the country is rugged and mountainous; the Tatra Mountains in the north are interspersed with many scenic lakes and valleys\\[Important Rivers|Geography/Europe/Slovakia/Geography/Important_Rivers]