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Introduction - Bulgaria: | Location - 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, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 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: 29.94%
permanent crops: 1.9%
other: 68.16% (2005) | | Irrigated land | 5,880 sq km (2003) | | 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-Sulfur 94, 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, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements | | Geography note | strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia | |
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This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |