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The Republic of Macedonia is a country situated in southeastern Europe with geographic coordinates , bordering Kosovo and Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west. The country is part of the wider region of Macedonia and makes up most of Vardar Macedonia. The country is a major transportation corridor from Western and Central Europe to Southern Europe and the Aegean Sea. Macedonia is a landlocked country but has three major natural lakes: Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa and Lake Dojran. It has a water area of 857 km2, while its land area is 24,856 km2. Phytogeographically, Macedonia belongs to the Illyrian province of the Circumboreal Region within the Boreal Kingdom. According to the WWF and Digital Map of European Ecological Regions by the European Environment Agency, Macedonia's territory can be subdivided into four ecoregions: the Pindus Mountains mixed forests, Balkan mixed forests, Rhodopes mixed forests and Aegean sclerophyllous and mixed forests. == Climate == (詳細はMediterranean climate combined with the influence of the Black Sea.〔Georges Castellan, ''op. cit.'', p. 13〕 The country also holds continental characteristics, which are accentuated by the mountains in the south which prevent hot air from the south to move to the north. Conversely, the Šar Mountains, which are located in the northwestern part, block cold northern winds. In whole, the northern and western parts of the country are relatively close to Continental climate and the southern and eastern to Mediterranean climate.〔Dominique Auzias et Jean-Paul Labourdette, ''op. cit.'', p. 25〕 Macedonia has four seasons weather, but the lengths of the seasons varies based on geography. The spring is often very short.〔 Summers are subtropical so it is not uncommon to see temperatures of above during this season, especially in the plains along the valley of the Vardar river.〔 Winters, although moderate, can sometimes be quite cold. Snowfalls during winter are common and sometimes heavy. The average annual temperature of the air is , but the plains experience higher temperatures, .〔 The warmest month is July, which has an average temperature of and the coldest is January, with a temperature of . The maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in Macedonia to date are and , respectively. The rainfall is abundant in the western and eastern parts of the country, but the temperature decreases significantly in the Vardar region.〔 This region sees warmer winters through the ''Vardarec'' wind. This wind comes up from the mouth of the Vardar river and brings warm air.〔 Skopje, considered a low-lying city, has an average of 64 rainy days per year. The month of October is the wettest with 61 mm; the driest is August with 28 mm. Rains are most common in the spring and fall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of the Republic of Macedonia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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