| Geography | Hungary |  = Fields  = World Records  = Dictionary  = Bar graph  = Distribution map  = Fields History  = Definitions |
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Location:
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Central Europe, northwest of Romania |
Geographic coordinates:
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47 00 N, 20 00 E |
Map references:
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Europe |
Area:
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total: 93,030 sq km
land: 92,340 sq km
water: 690 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Indiana |
Land boundaries:
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total: 2,185 km
border countries: Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia 166 km, Slovakia 676 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km |
Coastline:
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0 km (landlocked) |
Maritime claims:
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none (landlocked) |
Climate:
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temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers |
Terrain:
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mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Tisza River 78 m
highest point: Kekes 1,014 m |
Natural resources:
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bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land |
Land use:
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arable land: 49.58%
permanent crops: 2.06%
other: 48.36% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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2,300 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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120 cu km (2005) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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12,115 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 21.03 cu km/yr (9%/59%/32%)
Per capita: 2,082 cu m/yr (2001) |
Natural hazards:
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void |
Environment - current issues:
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the upgrading of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution to meet EU requirements will require large investments |
Environment - international agreements:
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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, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
Geography - note:
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landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin; the north-south flowing Duna (Danube) and Tisza Rivers divide the country into three large regions |
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This page was last updated on 29 June, 2009 |
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