| Location: |
Central Europe, northwest of Romania
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| Geographic coordinates: |
47 00 N, 20 00 E
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| Area: |
total:
93,030 sq km
land:
92,340 sq km
water:
690 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly smaller than Indiana
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
2,009 km
border countries:
Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Yugoslavia 151 km, Slovakia 515 km, Slovenia 102 km, Ukraine 103 km
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked)
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| Climate: |
temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers
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| Terrain: |
mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Tisza River 78 m
highest point:
Kekes 1,014 m
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| Natural resources: |
bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land
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| Land use: |
arable land:
51%
permanent crops:
3.6%
permanent pastures:
12.4%
forests and woodland:
19%
other:
14% (1999)
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| Irrigated land: |
2,060 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Environment - current issues: |
the approximation of Hungary's standards in waste management, energy efficiency, and air, soil, and water pollution with environmental requirements for EU accession will require large investments
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Law of the Sea
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| Geography - note: |
landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin
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