The Czech Republic is located in the Central Europe. It is an inland state with an area of ​​78,870 km². It is bordered by Germany to the west (border length 810 km), Poland to the north (762 km), Slovakia to the east (252 km) and Austria to the south (466 km). Administratively, it is divided into 14 self-governing territorial units - regions, one of the regions is the capital city of Prague. 

The temperate climate in the Czech Republic is transitional between oceanic and continental. Due to the small area, the differences between east and west and between north and south are small. The character of the weather and climate is much more influenced especially by the altitude. A typical feature of the climate is the regular alternation of four seasons.

There are four national parks in the Czech Republic (Krkonoše National Park, Šumava National Park, Podyjí National Park and Bohemian Switzerland National Park). The Ministry of the Environment is preparing a proclamation of the Křivoklátsko National Park. There are also 26 protected landscape areas (PLAs), 110 national nature reserves, 125 national nature monuments and hundreds of other nature reserves and nature monuments in the Czech Republic.