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Croatia Facts and Country Information...

Croatia is a country located in the meeting point of southeast and central Europe. It is a part of the Balkan and Mitteleuropa region. The country stretches across 56594 square kilometers of land area.

It lies between north latitudes 42 and 47 degrees and east longitudes 13 and 20 degrees. The country shares its borders with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia towards the east, Slovenia to the west, Hungary to the North and Montenegro and the Adriatic Sea to the south.

The country is separated into 3 major geomorphological parts known as the Dinaric Alps, the Pannonian Basin and the Adriatic Basin. The Pannonian Basin is dominated by low lying lands and makes up for 53% of the country’s land area.
The Dinaric Alps are the region of the high lands and also contain the highest peak in the form of Dinara which stands at 1831 meters.

The Adriatic Basin has a coastline as long as 1777 kilometers.
The Black Sea Drainage Basin drains the country’s largest rivers like the Sava, Danube, Drava and Mur. Whereas the Adriatic Drainage Basin drains the largest river of all, known as the Neretva. The longest river in the country is the Sava which flows for 562 kilometers.