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Austria is a predominantly mountainous country in Central Europe, approximately between Germany, Italy and Hungary. It has a total area of .
Austria shares national borders with Switzerland (a non-European Union member state, which it borders for 158 km, or 98 mi) and the principality of Liechtenstein (also a non-EU member state, of which it borders for 34 km or 21 mi) to the west, Germany (801 km or 497 mi) and the Czech Republic (402 km or 249 mi) and Slovakia (105 km or 65 mi) to the north, Hungary to the east (331 km or 205 mi), and Slovenia (330 km or 185 mi) and Italy (404 km or 251 mi) to the south (total: 2,534 km or 1,574 mi).
Human geography
thumb|upright=1.4|Annotated satellite map of Austria
thumb|[[Bad Kleinkirchheim, Carinthia, Austria]]
thumb|[[Landeck in Tyrol, Austria]]
thumb|The ruin of [[Aggstein Castle overlooking the Danube (Wachau section) in Lower Austria]]
Land-use patterns in Austria change from Alpine to non-Alpine regions.