Eastern Europe, northeast of Romania
47 00 N, 29 00 E
Europe
total: 33,851 sq km
land: 32,891 sq km
water: 960 sq km
slightly larger than Maryland
Area comparison maptotal: 1,885 km
border countries (2): Romania 683 km; Ukraine 1202 km
0 km (landlocked)
none (landlocked)
moderate winters, warm summers
rolling steppe, gradual slope south to Black Sea
highest point: Dealul Balanesti 430 m
lowest point: Dniester (Nistru) 2 m
mean elevation: 139 m
lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, limestone, arable land
agricultural land: 74.9% (2018 est.)
arable land: 55.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 9.1% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 10.7% (2018 est.)
forest: 11.9% (2018 est.)
other: 13.2% (2018 est.)
2,155 sq km (2020)
Danube (shared with Germany [s], Austria, Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, and Romania [m]) - 2,888 km; Dniester (shared with Ukraine [s/m]) - 1,411 km
note – [s] after country name indicates river source; [m] after country name indicates river mouth
Atlantic Ocean drainage: (Black Sea) Danube (795,656 sq km)
pockets of agglomeration exist throughout the country, the largest being in the center of the country around the capital of Chisinau, followed by Tiraspol and Balti
landslides
landlocked; well endowed with various sedimentary rocks and minerals including sand, gravel, gypsum, and limestone
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