Macedonia

Location	Southeastern Europe, north of Greece
Geographic coordinates	41 50 N, 22 00 E
Map references	Europe
Area	total: 25,713 sq km land: 25,433 sq km water: 280 sq km
Area - comparative	slightly larger than Vermont
Land boundaries	total: 766 km border countries: Albania 151 km, Bulgaria 148 km, Greece 246 km, Kosovo 159 km, Serbia 62 km
Coastline	0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims	none (landlocked)
Climate	warm, dry summers and autumns; relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
Terrain	mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Vardar River 50 m highest point: Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,764 m
Natural resources	low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land
Land use	arable land: 22.01% permanent crops: 1.79% other: 76.2% (2005)
Irrigated land	1,280 sq km (2003)
Total renewable water resources	6.4 cu km (2001)
Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural)	total: 2.27 per capita: 1,118 cu m/yr (2000)
Natural hazards	high seismic risks
Environment - current issues	air pollution from metallurgical plants
Environment - international agreements	party to: Air Pollution, 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	landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe