| Geography | Montenegro |
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Location:
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Southeastern Europe, between the Adriatic Sea and Serbia |
Geographic coordinates:
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42 30 N, 19 18 E |
Map references:
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Europe |
Area:
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total: 13,812 sq km
land: 13,452 sq km
water: 360 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than Connecticut |
Land boundaries:
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total: 625 km
border countries: Albania 172 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 225 km, Croatia 25 km, Kosovo 79 km, Serbia 124 km |
Coastline:
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293.5 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: defined by treaty |
Climate:
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Mediterranean climate, hot dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfalls inland |
Terrain:
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highly indented coastline with narrow coastal plain backed by rugged high limestone mountains and plateaus |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Bobotov Kuk 2,522 m |
Natural resources:
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bauxite, hydroelectricity |
Land use:
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arable land: 13.7%
permanent crops: 1%
other: 85.3% |
Irrigated land:
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NA |
Total renewable water resources:
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void |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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void |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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void |
Natural hazards:
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destructive earthquakes |
Environment - current issues:
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pollution of coastal waters from sewage outlets, especially in tourist-related areas such as Kotor |
Environment - international agreements:
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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 |
Geography - note:
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strategic location along the Adriatic coast |
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