Geography of Serbia

The Serbia , in Serb Cyrillic Serb Sr Србија and in transliterated Srbija, is located in the Balkans (an area historical and geographical of the south-east of the Europe) and in the Plaine pannonienne. Since 2006, the country is deprived of direct access to the Adriatic Sea; on the other hand, the Danube connects it to the Central Europe and the Black Sea.

General information

Serbia extends on a surface from: 88361, which places it at the 113e world rank.

It has: 2027 km of borders, are 241 km with Croatia, 302 km with the Bosnia-Herzégovine, 203 km with the République of Montenegro, 221 km with the République of Macedonia, 115 km with the Albania, 318 km with the Bulgaria, 476 km with the Romania and 151 km with the Hungary; it is thus, after the Russia, and with the France, the second country of Europe which counts the most country bordering in Europe.

Serbia has: 6167 officially recognized localities, among which 207 are defined like cities.

The arable lands cover: 19194; the Forêt S cover: 19499 (except Kosovo).

Extreme coordinates:

Geographical relief and areas

On the plan of the relief, Serbia is made up of various units. The Voïvodine, in north, includes/understands vast plains, favourable with agriculture. Is country is consisted assembly lines Calcaire S separated by river flat . The south-west of the country is consisted old mountains and Colline S. the north of the country is dominated by the Fleuve of the the Danube while the Morava crosses the more mountainous areas of the south.

In central Serbia, the relief is mainly made up of hills and mountains low and average, separated by many rivers and many brooks. The main axe of communication and economic development extends from the south-east of Belgrade towards Niš and Skopje (in République of Macedonia), along the valleys of the Velika Morava and the Južna Morava. The majority of the big cities are located along this axis or not far from him, just as it is borrowed by the principal railway of the country (the railway way Belgrade-Bar) and by the European Route E75. More in the east, the ground rises quickly to form the chains limestones of the Stara Planina and the mounts Homolje, populated in a relatively scattered way. In the west, the country is also mountainous; the mountainous solid masses most important of this sector are the mounts Zlatibor and Kopaonik.

Mountains

See also: Mountains of Serbia

In the center, the West and the South-west of the country, the mountains of Serbia belong to the the dinaric Alps; to the east, they belong to the Carpathes, the mounts of the Grand Balkan and to the Monts Rhodopes.

The most important mountains of the country are:

More high summit of Serbia is the mount Đeravica which rises with: 2656 m; it is located in the mounts Prokletije at the Kosovo. The culminating point of the central Serbia is the mount Midžor on the Stara Planina (: 2169 m), while the Vršački breg (641 m) is the culminating point of the autonomous province of Voïvodine.

Hydrology

See also: River of Serbia, Lakes Serbia

Areas of Serbia

central Serbia

Voïvodine

Protected spaces of Serbia

See also: Protected spaces of Serbia

Serbia has five natinaux parks and of many regional natural reserves.

National parks:

  • Fruška Gora (250 km ²)
  • Kopaonik (120 km ²)
  • Tared (220 km ²)
  • Đerdap (Portes of Iron) (640 km ²)
  • Šar-planina (390 km ²)

Natural parks:

  • Prokletije (1000 km ²)
  • Gornje Podunavlje (100 km ²)
  • Stara Planina National Park|Stara Planina (1420 km ²)
  • Golija (750 km ²)
  • Kučajske planine (1150 km ²)

Natural reserves:

  • Deliblatska will peščara (300 km ²)
  • Lac Ludaš (5.93 km ²)
  • Obedska Pond (175.01 km ²)
  • Stari Begej - Carska Bara (17.67 km ²)

Districts of Serbia

Municipalities of Serbia

Localities of Serbia

Notes and references of the article

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