Geographic coordinates: 43 00 N, 25 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area:
total:
110,910 km²
land:
110,550 km²
water:
360 km²
Area - comparative: slightly larger than Tennessee
Land boundaries:
total:
1,808 km
border countries:
Greece 494 km, The Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km (all with Serbia), Turkey 240 km
Coastline: 354 km
Maritime claims:
contiguous zone:
24 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
territorial sea:
12 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:
43%
permanent crops:
2%
permanent pastures:
14%
forests and woodland:
38%
other:
3% (1999 est.)
Irrigated land: 12,370 km² (1993 est.)
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-Sulphur 85[?], Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds[?], Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution[?], Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants[?], Air Pollution-Sulphur 94[?], Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
Geography - note: strategic location near Turkish Straits[?]; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia
- See also : Bulgaria