_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: 200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation;
Territorial sea: 12 nm
_#_Disputes: Kosovo question with Albania; Macedonia question with Bulgaria and Greece
_#_Climate: temperate; hot, relatively dry summers with mild, rainy winters along coast; warm summer with cold winters inland
_#_Terrain: mostly mountains with large areas of karst topography; plain in north
_#_Natural resources: coal, copper, bauxite, timber, iron ore, antimony, chromium, lead, zinc, asbestos, mercury, crude oil, natural gas, nickel, uranium
_#_Land use: arable land 28%; permanent crops 3%; meadows and pastures 25%; forest and woodland 36%; other 8%; includes irrigated 1%
_#_Environment: subject to frequent and destructive earthquakes
_#_Note: controls the most important land routes from central and western Europe to Aegean Sea and Turkish straits