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Tabular Data - Geography of Bulgaria
| Location : |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey |
| Geographic Coordinates : |
43 00 N, 25 00 E |
| Map References : |
Europe |
| Area : |
total: 110,910 sq km
land: 110,550 sq km
water: 360 sq km |
| Area - Comparative : |
slightly larger than Tennessee |
| Land Boundaries : |
total: 1,808 km
border countries: Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km |
| Coastline : |
354 km |
| Maritime Claims : |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
| Climate : |
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers |
| Terrain : |
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast |
| Elevation Extremes : |
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
highest point: Musala 2,925 m |
| Natural Resources : |
bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land |
| Land Use : |
arable land: 40.02%
permanent crops: 1.92%
other: 58.06% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land : |
8,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards : |
earthquakes, landslides |
| Environment - Current Issues : |
air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes |
| Environment - International Agreements : |
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Sulfur 94 |
| Geography - Note : |
Strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia. |
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