GEOGRAPHY
Here you can find general facts and figures regarding the
geography of the Czech Republic, a big and small map of the Czech
Republic, a map of Eastern Europe and the Czech republic as it
is represented in the CIA World Fact Book 1994.
The Czech Republic:
- Is situated in the approximate geographic centre of Europe
and has an area of 78,864 sq. km.
- Is a landlocked country (its borders are 326km from
the Baltic Sea and 322 km from the Adriatic Sea. It shares borders
with Germany (810 km), Poland (762 km), Austria (466 km) and Slovakia
(265 km).
- The highest point of elevation: the peak of Mt. Snezka
(1,602 m above sea level).
- The lowest point of elevation: near Hrensko where the
Labe River leaves Czech territory (117 m above sea level).
- Selected Distances:
| Prague to... | Berlin | Moscow | Paris | Warsaw
| London | Budapest | New York | Istanbul | | Distance
| 282 km | 1,665 km | 864 km | 512 km | 1,030 km | 457 km
| 6,561 km | 1,504 km |
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