Editing Geography of Slovakia (section)

==Area==
[[Image:SlovakiaOMCmap.png|thumb|300px|right|Slovakia's cities and main towns]]

Slovakia lies between 49°36'48" and 47°44'21" northern latitude and 16°50'56" and 22°33'53" eastern longitude.

The northernmost point is near Beskydok, a mountain on the border with Poland near the village of [[Oravská Polhora]] in the [[Beskids]]. The southernmost point is near the village of [[Patince]] on the [[Danube]] on the border with [[Hungary]]. The westernmost point is on the [[Morava (river)|Morava River]] near [[Záhorská Ves]] on the Austrian border. The easternmost point is close to the summit of [[Kremenec]], a mountain near the village of [[Nová Sedlica]] at the meeting point of Slovak, Polish, and Ukrainian borders.

[[File:Natural resources of Slovakia.png|thumb|300px|right|Natural resources of Slovakia. Mg — magneisum, Mn — manganese, Fe — iron ore, Cu — copper, Sb — antimony; PM — polymetals (Pb, Zn and similar metals); L — lignite, O — oil.]]
[[Image:Gerlach south face B.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Gerlachovský štít|highest mountain]]]]
The highest point is at the summit of [[Gerlachovský štít]] in the [[High Tatras]], {{convert|2655|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}, the lowest point is the surface of the [[Bodrog|Bodrog River]] on the Hungarian border at {{convert|94|m|ft|1|abbr=on}}.

The country's area is {{convert|48845|km2|sqmi|0|abbr=on}}. 31% is arable land, 17% pastures, 41% forests, 3% cultivated land. The remaining 8% is mostly covered with human structures and infrastructure, and partly with rocky mountain ridges and other unimproved land.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bedekr.cz/staty/Evropa/Slovensko?det=cia_geo.html| title = bedekr.cz| access-date = 2008-01-23| archive-date = 2020-11-27| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201127164236/http://www.bedekr.cz/staty/Evropa/Slovensko?det=cia_geo.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Slovakia borders [[Poland]] in the north - {{convert|547|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}, [[Ukraine]] in the east - {{convert|98|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}, Hungary in the south - {{convert|679|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}, [[Austria]] in the south-west - {{convert|106|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}, and the [[Czech Republic]] in the north-west - {{convert|252|km|mi|1|abbr=on}} for a total border length of {{convert|1672|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}.<ref>Slovak Wikipedia: [[:sk:Slovensko#Hranice]]</ref>

The village of [[Veľké Slemence]] (Ukrainian: [[Mali Slementsi/Малі Селменці]], Hungarian: Szelmenc) is an anomaly, as it is a village with a majority of Hungarians, but it is split between [[Slovakia]] and [[Geography of Ukraine|Ukraine]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Veľké Slemence|url=https://www.google.se/maps/place/076+77+Ve%C4%BEk%C3%A9+Slemence,+Slovakien/@48.4999457,22.1121494,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x4738e00346025179:0x152a6a602ccc4f7f!8m2!3d48.509593!4d22.1470481|access-date=2021-04-05|website=Veľké Slemence|language=en}}</ref>

=== National parks ===
{{Main|List of national parks of Slovakia}}
[[File:Palcmanská Maša.JPG|thumb|right|[[Slovak Paradise National Park]]]]
There are 9 national parks in Slovakia, covering 6.5% of the Slovak land surface.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lamnia.sk/maco/turistika/np/index.php|title=Národné parky na Slovensku|publisher=lamnia.sk|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010135408/http://www.lamnia.sk/maco/turistika/np/index.php|archive-date=10 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Established
!Area (km<sup>2</sup>)
|-
|[[Tatra National Park, Slovakia|Tatra National Park]]
|1949
|738
|-
|[[Low Tatras National Park]]
|1978
|728
|-
|[[Veľká Fatra National Park]]
|2002
|404
|-
|[[Slovak Karst National Park]]
|2002
|346
|-
|[[Poloniny National Park]]
|1997
|298
|-
|[[Malá Fatra National Park]]
|1988
|226
|-
|[[Muránska planina National Park]]
|1998
|203
|-
|[[Slovak Paradise National Park]]
|1988
|197
|-
|[[Pieniny National Park (Slovakia)|Pieniny National Park]]
|1967
|38
|}