| Climate Macedonia :
| warm, dry summers and autumns and relatively cold winters with heavy snowfall
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| Terrain Macedonia :
| mountainous territory covered with deep basins and valleys; three large lakes, each divided by a frontier line; country bisected by the Vardar River
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| Elevation extremes lowest Macedonia :
| Vardar River 50 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Macedonia :
| Golem Korab (Maja e Korabit) 2,753 m
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| Natural resources Macedonia :
| low-grade iron ore, copper, lead, zinc, chromite, manganese, nickel, tungsten, gold, silver, asbestos, gypsum, timber, arable land
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| Land use arableland Macedonia :
| 22,26%
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| Irrigated land Macedonia :
| 550 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Macedonia :
| high seismic risks
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| Environment current issues Macedonia :
| air pollution from metallurgical plants
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| Geography note Macedonia :
| landlocked; major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Aegean Sea and Southern Europe to Western Europe
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