Montenegro: Geography#
| Location | Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 42 30 N, 19 18 E 42.5,19.3 |
| Area | total: 13,812 sq km land: 13,452 sq km water: 360 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: 13812 DBpedia: 12999 Geoname: 14026 Infoplease: 14026 Britannica: 13812 Wolfram: 13812 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: 625 km border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km |
| Coastline | 293.5 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 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; Pancicev Peak 2016 m According to Geonames: Durmitor 2522 m; Veliki Vitao 2394 m; Maglic 2385 m; Bubreg 2339 m; Gredelj 2264 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 |
| Terrain | highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus |
| Natural Hazards | destructive earthquakes |
| Natural Resource | bauxite, hydroelectricity |
| Land Use | arable land: 12.45% permanent crops: 1.16% other: 86.39% (2011) |
| Climate | Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland |
| Irrigated Land | 24.12 sq km (2010) |
| Renewable Water Resources | NA |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor |
| Environment - international agreements | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution 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: Podgorica; Niksic; Pljevlja; Bar; Kotor According to Geonames: Podgorica; Nikšic; Herceg-Novi; Pljevlja; Budva 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 | strategic location along the Adriatic coast Important Rivers Important Lakes |