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| Location: |
Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
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| Geographic coordinates: |
47 00 N, 29 00 E
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| Map references: |
Commonwealth of Independent States
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| Area: |
total:
33,843 sq km
land:
33,371 sq km
water:
472 sq km
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| Area - comparative: |
slightly larger than Maryland
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| Land boundaries: |
total:
1,389 km
border countries:
Romania 450 km, Ukraine 939 km
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| Coastline: |
0 km (landlocked)
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| Maritime claims: |
none (landlocked)
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| Climate: |
moderate winters, warm summers
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| Terrain: |
rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point:
Nistru (Dnister) River 2 m
highest point:
Dealul Balanesti 430 m
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| Natural resources: |
lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land
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| Land use: |
arable land:
53%
permanent crops:
14%
permanent pastures:
13%
forests and woodland:
13%
other:
7% (1993 est.)
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| Irrigated land: |
3,110 sq km (1993 est.)
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| Natural hazards: |
landslides (57 cases in 1998)
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| Environment - current issues: |
heavy use of agricultural chemicals, including banned pesticides such as DDT, has contaminated soil and groundwater; extensive soil erosion from poor farming methods
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| Environment - international agreements: |
party to:
Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified:
Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
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| Geography - note: |
landlocked
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