Croatia forms a meeting point connecting the mediterranean and central europe, and linking the Alps and the Pannonian plain. Its relatively tiny territory is made up of an extensive variety of landscapes.
A strikingly beautiful country, it is gradually re-emerging from the challenging years of conflict and recapturing it's role as a trendy holiday destination.It's capital is Zagreb.
Natural Geography
Covering an area of 56,542 sq km (21,825 sq miles), Croatia has a population of around 4.5 million with an average of 78 inhabitants per square kilometre.
Since the division of former Yugoslavia, and croatia self-determination, the country has been bordered by Slovenia, Hungary, Bosnia Herzegovinia and the two new independent republics of Serbia, and Montenegro.
It is not a large territory, but it has a wide variety of natural and man-made environments. From a topographical point of view the country is made up of three types of terrain. A great extent is mountainous, with peaks up to 2,000m (6,560 ft) high, mostly masked with forest and pasture.
In the west, the country is bordered by the Adriatic Sea; the Dalmatian Coast, which narrows towards the south-east, ends at the Bay of Kotor. More than 600 islands lie off the Adriatic Coast to the north-east and have always belonged to Croatia. The largest, Krk, has it's own airport.
No comments:
Post a Comment