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Introduction - Albania: | Location - Albania: | Location | Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea, between Greece in the south and Montenegro and Serbia to the north | | Geographic coordinates | 41 00 N, 20 00 E | | Map references | Europe | | Area | total: 28,748 sq km
land: 27,398 sq km
water: 1,350 sq km | | Area comparative | slightly smaller than Maryland | | Land boundaries | total: 720 km
border countries: Greece 282 km, Macedonia 151 km, Montenegro 172 km, Serbia 115 km | | Coastline | 362 km | | Maritime claims | territorial sea: 12 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation | | Climate | mild temperate; cool, cloudy, wet winters; hot, clear, dry summers; interior is cooler and wetter | | Terrain | mostly mountains and hills; small plains along coast | | Elevation extremes | lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m
highest point: Maja e Korabit (Golem Korab) 2,764 m | | Natural resources | petroleum, natural gas, coal, bauxite, chromite, copper, iron ore, nickel, salt, timber, hydropower | | Land use | arable land: 20.1%
permanent crops: 4.21%
other: 75.69% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 3,530 sq km (2003) | | Natural hazards | destructive earthquakes; tsunamis occur along southwestern coast; floods; drought | | Environment current issues | deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution from industrial and domestic effluents | | Environment international agreements | party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | strategic location along Strait of Otranto (links Adriatic Sea to Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea) | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |