Geography

Geographic Position

The Republic of Croatia, with a population of 4.8 million, is located in south-central Europe, bordering Slovenia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Italy on the Adriatic Sea. Croatia is located between Western Europe and Aegean Sea and Turkish Straits, so that it controls most travel routes between those regions. Even though most people consider Croatia to be a Balkan country, that is not so. Croatia belongs to Central Europe, and Croatian government is doing it's best to prove that to the rest of the world.

 

Position in Europe

 

Relief

The relief of Croatia varies from warm sea bottoms, huge valleys and small hills to icy-cold mountain tops.

Relief of Croatia

As the map shows, eastern part of Croatia is mostly covered with plains, which are a part of Panonian Plain. Northwest region of Croatia is mostly hills and river valleys, while central Croatia is the highest part of Croatia with mountains Velebit (1757m) and Dinara (1830m). The part of Croatia by the Adriatic coast and islands is the largest region of Croatia, and if tourism continues to grow rapidly, it may become the most important one.

Three important rivers go through Croatia. The most important one is Danube. It's important because it connects Germany and Eastern Europe. Drava is very important for Croatian power supply. The number of power plants is increasing each year. Sava is also very important to Croats.

 

Some numbers

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