It is roughly triangular in shape, and shares borders with Serbia and Montenegro in the east and southeast, and Croatia to the north and west, with a short Adriatic coastline of 20km (12 miles) in the southeast, but no ports. The country has an area of 51,129 sq km (19,741 sq miles); the center and southern regions are mountainous; the northwest region is hilly and the northeast is flat with plains along the Sava River.

Natural resources are hydropower, coal, iron ore, bauxite, manganese, forests, copper, chromium, lead, zinc, cobalt, nickel, clay, gypsum, salt, sand, forests. Agricultural produce grown include wheat, corn, fruits and vegetables.

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