Serbia

Geography

Location: South-eastern Europe, between Macedonia and Hungary

Geographic coordinates: 44 00 N, 21 00 E

Area: total: 88,361 sq km
land: 88,361 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Land boundaries: total: 2,027 km
border countries: Albania 115 km, Bosnia and Herzegovina 302 km, Bulgaria 318 km, Croatia 241 km, Hungary 151 km, Macedonia 221 km, Montenegro 203 km, Romania 476 km.

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)

Climate: in the north, continental climate (cold winters and hot, humid summers with well distributed rainfall); in other parts, continental and Mediterranean climate (hot, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall)

Terrain: extremely varied; to the north, rich fertile plains; to the east, limestone ranges and basins; to the south-east, ancient mountains and hills

Elevation extremes: lowest point: NA
highest point: Daravica 2,656 m

Natural resources: oil, gas, coal, iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, chromite, nickel, gold, silver, magnesium, pyrite, limestone, marble, salt, arable land

Natural hazards: destructive earthquakes

Geography - note: controls one of the major land routes from Western Europe to Turkey and the Near East