Geographic coordinates:> | ap references: | Europe |
| rea: |
| nbsp; total: | 93,030 km |
| nbsp; land: | 92,340 km |
| nbsp; water: | 690 km |
| rea - comparative: | slightly smaller than Indiana |
| and boundaries, total: | 2,009 km |
| order 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 |
| oastline: | 0 km (landlocked) |
| aritime claims: | none (landlocked) |
| limate: | temperate; cold, cloudy, humid winters; warm summers |
| errain: | mostly flat to rolling plains; hills and low mountains on the Slovakian border |
| levation extremes: |
| nbsp; lowest point: | Tisza River 78 m |
| nbsp; highest point: | Kkes 1,014 m |
| atural resources: | bauxite, coal, natural gas, fertile soils, arable land |
| and use: |
| nbsp; arable land: | 51% |
| nbsp; permanent crops: | 3.6% |
| nbsp; permanent pastures: | 12.4% |
| nbsp; forests and woodland: | 19% |
| nbsp; other: | 14% (1999) |
| rrigated land: | 2,060 km (1993 est.) |
| nvironment - 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 |
| nvironment - international agreements: |
| nbsp; 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 |
| nbsp; signed, but not ratified: | Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol |
| eography - note: | landlocked; strategic location astride main land routes between Western Europe and Balkan Peninsula as well as between Ukraine and Mediterranean basin |