Geography Of Slovenia
The Republic of Slovenia is a country in Central Europe and since 2004 a member state of the European Union. It borders Italy to the west by the Adriatic Sea to the southwest, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast and north to Austria.
It has a population of 2,009,000 inhabitants. Some 400,000 Slovenians living abroad, mainly in Italy, Austria and the United States.
Present-day Slovenia was formed on 25 June 1991 to independence from Yugoslavia, after a relatively short armed conflict called War of the ten days the army opposed to the former federation.
In 2004 joined the European Union.
Slovenia in 2007 is part of the Eurozone, the Schengen area, the Council of Europe and is being part of the OECD.
Slovenia is a small Central European state of 20,273 km ² which is located between Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. It is a country with a very small expense to the Adriatic Sea on the Gulf of Trieste, via the port of Koper, on the Istrian peninsula. This is partly an area populated by Slovenes who speak Italian.
The relief includes hills Karavanke Slovenian, Pohorje massif and crystalline limestone plateaus of Notranjsko and Dolenjska. The Julian Alps, with the highest elevation in the country, Mount Triglav (2,864 m), retain traces of Quaternary glacial erosion, with lakes as Bled. The karst formations, extending from Ljubljana to the coast, are carved by underground rivers and caves are huge, like the caves of Postojna, 19 km long. Apart from the Drava and Sava river include Kolpa.
The climate is mostly downhill, except in areas near the sea. The climate varies from temperate coastal to the most extreme of the eastern highlands