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Geography of Hungary
Geography of Hungary:
Location: Central Europe
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| Map references: | Europe
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| Area:
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| total: | 93,030 km²
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| land: | 92,340 km²
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| water: | 690 km²
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| Area - comparative: | slightly smaller than Indiana
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| Land boundaries, total: | 2,009 km
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| border countries: | Austria 366 km, Croatia 329 km, Romania 443 km, Serbia and Montenegro 151 km (all with Serbia), 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:
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| lowest point: | Tisza River 78 m
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| highest point: | Kékes 1,014 m
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| Natural resources: | bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land
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| Land use:
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| arable land: | 51%
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| permanent crops: | 3.6%
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| permanent pastures: | 12.4%
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| forests and woodland: | 19%
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| other: | 14% (1999)
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| Irrigated land: | 2,060 km² (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:
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| 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, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
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| signed, but not ratified: | Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol
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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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