Macedonia: Geography#
| Location | Southeastern Europe, north of Greece |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 41 50 N, 22 00 E 41.833332,22.0 |
| Area | total: 25,713 sq km land: 25,433 sq km water: 280 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: 25713 DBpedia: 0 Geoname: 25333 Infoplease: 25333 Britannica: 25713 Wolfram: 25713 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: 766 km border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Kosovo 159 km, Serbia 62 km |
| Coastline | 0 km (landlocked) |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Vardar River 50 m highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 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: Golemi Korab 2764 m; Titov Vrv 2747 m; Pelister 2601 m; Solunska Glava 2540 m; Ljuboten 2498 m According to Geonames: Titov Vrv 2784 m; Turcin 2702 m; Crni Kamen 2675 m; Celepinski Vrv 2554 m; Солунска Глава 2538 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 | mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River |
| Natural Hazards | high seismic risks |
| Natural Resource | low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land |
| Land Use | arable land: 16.1% permanent crops: 1.36% other: 82.54% (2011) |
| Climate | warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall |
| Irrigated Land | 1,278 sq km (2004) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 6.4 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | air pollution from metallurgical plants |
| 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 | Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists : According to Wolfram: Skopje; Kumanovo; Bitola; Prilep; Tetovo According to Geonames: Skopje; Bitola; Kumanovo; Prilep; Tetovo 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 | landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe |