Location:
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Geographic coordinates:
43 00 N, 25 00 E
Map references:
Europe
Area: Area - comparative: Land boundaries: Coastline: Maritime claims: Climate: Terrain: Elevation extremes: Natural resources: Land use: Irrigated land: Total renewable water resources: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural): Natural hazards: Environment - current issues: Environment - international agreements: Geography - note:
total: 110,879 sq km
country comparison to the world: 104
[see also: Area - total country ranks ]
land:
108,489 sq km
[see also: Area - land country ranks ]
water:
2,390 sq km
[see also: Area - water country ranks ]
slightly larger than Tennessee
total: 1,808 km
[see also: Land boundaries - total country ranks ]
border countries:
Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia 318 km, Turkey 240 km
354 km
[see also: Coastline country ranks ]
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone:
24 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
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mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast
lowest point: Black Sea 0 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - lowest point country ranks ]
highest point:
Musala 2,925 m
[see also: Elevation extremes - highest point country ranks ]
bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land
arable land: 29.94%
[see also: Land use - arable land country ranks ]
permanent crops:
1.9%
[see also: Land use - permanent crops country ranks ]
other:
68.16% (2005)
[see also: Land use - other country ranks ]
5,880 sq km (2003)
[see also: Irrigated land country ranks ]
19.4 cu km (2005)
[see also: Total renewable water resources country ranks ]
total: 6.92 cu km/yr (3%/78%/19%)
[see also: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - total country ranks ]
per capita:
895 cu m/yr (2003)
[see also: Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural) - per capita country ranks ]
earthquakes; landslides
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
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
strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia