General statistics of Austria
Reference: Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000, the 2003 U.S. Department of State website and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2 The country
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Geographical coordinates |
47 20 N, 13 20 E |
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Area |
total |
83,858 kmē |
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land |
82,738 kmē |
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water |
: 1,120 kmē |
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Land boundaries |
total |
2,562 km |
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border countries |
362 km |
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784 km |
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366 km |
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Italy |
430 km |
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35 km |
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91 km |
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Slovenia |
330 km |
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164 km |
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Coastline |
0 km |
landlocked |
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Elevation extremes |
lowest point |
Neusiedler See 115 m |
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highest point |
Grossglockner 3,798 m |
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Land use |
arable land |
17% |
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permanent crops |
1% |
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permanent pastures |
23% |
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forests and woodland |
39% |
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other |
20% (1996 est.) |
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Irrigated land |
40 kmē (1993 est.) |