Geography
Occupying an area of 88, 361 sq. km, Serbia is located in South-eastern Europe bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina.Belgrade is its capital city. Autonomous provinces in Serbia are the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metojia.
The terrain of Serbia is extremely varied. The northern part of Serbia, called Vojvodina, is mainly flat, while the rest of the country consists of highlands and numerous mountains. The flatlands are mainly in Vojvodina (the Pannonian Plain and its rim: Macva, the Sava Valley, the Morava Valley, Stig and the Negotin Marches in Eastern Serbia). 55 per cent of Serbia is arable land, and 27 per cent is forested.
All the mountains lie to the south of the country; especially to the southeast. The most important mountains that sprawl across the terrain of the country are the Dinaric Alps and the rugged Balkan Mountains. The highest point in the country is called Daravica. To the east of Serbia, the landscape is limestone based.
The longest river in Serbia is Danube, and other big rivers are Sava, Morava and Tisa. Many rivers, flowing between the mountains, form interesting canyons. The most famous are Djerdap canyon in eastern Serbia, Tara canyon in western and Uvac canyon in southwestern Serbia.
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