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Czech Republic Geography 1996
Central Europe, southeast of Germany
Ethnic Groups in Eastern Europe, Europe
slightly smaller than South Carolina
total 1,880 km, Austria 362 km, Germany 646 km, Poland 658 km, Slovakia 214
km
Liechtenstein claims restitution for l,600 square kilometers of Czech
territory confiscated from its royal family in 1918; Sudeten German claims
for restitution of property confiscated in connection with their expulsion
after World War II versus the Czech Republic claims that restitution does
not preceed before February 1948 when the Communists seized power;
unresolved property issues with Slovakia over redistribution of property of
the former Czechoslovak federal government
temperate; cool summers; cold, cloudy, humid winters
two main regions: Bohemia in the west, consisting of rolling plains, hills,
and plateaus surrounded by low mountains; and Moravia in the east,
consisting of very hilly country
hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite
air and water pollution in areas of northwest Bohemia centered around
Zeplica and in northern Moravia around Ostrava present health risks; acid
rain damaging forests
international agreements:
party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air
Pollution-Sulphur 85, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change,
Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Nuclear
Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands; signed, but not
ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law
of the Sea
landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most
significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military
corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe
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