| Geography | Slovenia |
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Location:
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Central Europe, eastern Alps bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Austria and Croatia |
Geographic coordinates:
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46 07 N, 14 49 E |
Map references:
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Europe |
Area:
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total: 20,273 sq km
land: 20,151 sq km
water: 122 sq km |
Area - comparative:
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slightly smaller than New Jersey |
Land boundaries:
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total: 1,086 km
border countries: Austria 330 km, Croatia 455 km, Hungary 102 km, Italy 199 km |
Coastline:
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46.6 km |
Maritime claims:
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territorial sea: 12 nm |
Climate:
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Mediterranean climate on the coast, continental climate with mild to hot summers and cold winters in the plateaus and valleys to the east |
Terrain:
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a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountains and valleys with numerous rivers to the east |
Elevation extremes:
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lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Triglav 2,864 m |
Natural resources:
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lignite coal, lead, zinc, building stone, hydropower, forests |
Land use:
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arable land: 8.53%
permanent crops: 1.43%
other: 90.04% (2005) |
Irrigated land:
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30 sq km (2003) |
Total renewable water resources:
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32.1 cu km (2005) |
Total renewable water resources - per capita:
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16,005 cubic meters per capita |
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):
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Total: 0.9
Per capita: 457 cu m/yr (2002) |
Natural hazards:
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flooding; earthquakes |
Environment - current issues:
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Sava River polluted with domestic and industrial waste; pollution of coastal waters with heavy metals and toxic chemicals; forest damage near Koper from air pollution (originating at metallurgical and chemical plants) and resulting acid rain |
Environment - international agreements:
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, 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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despite its small size, this eastern Alpine country controls some of Europe's major transit routes |
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